benjaminbr0ad / ssv-practice-w-joi

Server Side Validation w/ Joi

Instructions

npm install

createdb ssv_practice_dev

knex migrate:latest

knex seed:run

nodemon or nodemon ./bin/www

open localhost:3000 in the browser to view the project and play

1. The project, as is, includes handwritten back-end validation.
2. This means that this is an appropriate way to handle back-end validation -- that is, using if/else statements and multiple res.status.send commands to send the correct error message for particular cases.
3. Try to pick out how certain error messages are forwarded to the client based on user inputs.
4. However, Joi and Express-Validation can automate a lot of this validation and can be especially helpful for situations in which you must validate more complex fields.
5. Attempt to re-factor the code to use Joi and Express-Validation so that less if/else statements are needed to retrieve the error messages generated by Joi.