Daily Blog Web Application README

Overview

This project is a Daily Blog web application built using Node.js with Express, EJS, and MongoDB. It allows users to create, view, and read blog posts.

Prerequisites

• Node.js and npm installed
• MongoDB installed and running (either locally or through a MongoDB Atlas cluster)
• Basic knowledge of JavaScript and Node.js

Key Features

• Home page displaying a list of blog posts
• About and Contact pages with static content
• Compose page for creating new blog posts
• Individual post pages accessible through dynamic URLs

Installation and Setup

1. Clone the repository or download the source code.
2. Navigate to the project directory and run npm install to install dependencies.
3. Ensure MongoDB is running. Update the MongoDB connection string in the code if you're using a remote database.
4. Start the application using node app.js or npm start (if you set up a start script in package.json).
5. The application will be running on http://localhost:3000.

Technologies Used

• Express.js: Web application framework for Node.js
• EJS: Templating language to generate HTML markup with JavaScript
• MongoDB: Database to store and retrieve blog posts
• Mongoose: MongoDB object modeling for Node.js
• Body-Parser: Middleware to parse incoming request bodies
• Lodash: Utility library for working with arrays, numbers, objects, strings, etc.

Application Structure

• Views: EJS templates for rendering HTML (home, about, contact, compose, post)
• Models: Mongoose models to define schemas for blog and post data
• Routes: Express routes to handle requests (home, about, contact, compose, individual posts)

Conclusion

This Daily Blog application showcases basic CRUD operations in a Node.js application with a MongoDB database. It's a great starting point for those looking to understand full-stack development with Node.js.

Note

Before deploying this application in a production environment, consider implementing additional features like user authentication, input validation, and error handling.

adding new projects with their own git history

git subtree add --prefix=apps/dailyblog https://github.com/valiantlynx/dailyblog.git master --squash
git subtree pull --prefix=apps/dailyblog https://github.com/valiantlynx/dailyblog.git master --squash
git subtree push --prefix=apps/dailyblog https://github.com/valiantlynx/dailyblog.git master