drago507 / node-express-mongo-login-starter

A starter log-in application for Node.js using Express web framework and MongoDB.

Node-Express-Mongo-Login-Starter

A starter log-in application for Node.js using Express web framework and MongoDB.
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Getting Started

Install MongoDB

Install Node.js

git clone https://github.com/simondiep/node-express-mongo-login-starter.git

cd node-express-mongo-login-starter

npm install

node app

Open your web browser to localhost:3000

Additional Tips

When developing, I highly recommend nodemon. It monitors a running app and restarts the app if any files have changed. This has saved me a lot of time from manually restarting Node to see a new change. npm install -g nodemon

npm scripts have been set up to run the app as well as tests, inside package.json

To start the app: npm start

To run tests: npm test

What happens behind the scenes with MongoDB

When a user visits the site, a new session document is created in MongoDB, with the passport field empty.

When the user creates a new account, a new user document is created in MongoDB.

When the user logs into the site, the existing session is updated by adding the user's ID into the session document. The passport field is used.

When the user logs out of the site, the user's ID is removed from the session document's passport field.

Why each NPM Package is included

Express Package	Description
body-parser	Simplifies incoming request data
express	Node.js web framework
express-flash	Notification messages
express-session	Session Management
express-validator	Simple form validation
morgan	HTTP Request logging

General Package	Description
bcrypt-nodejs	Password hashing and salting
jade	HTML template engine
mongoose	MongoDB object modeling
passport	Simple authentication library
passport-local	Username/Password sign-in plugin for passport

Testing Package	Description
chai	Assertion library used by Mocha
mocha	Test framework
supertest	HTTP assertion library