gilpix / restfulblog

A RESTful Routes Blog for - Creating, Reading, Updating and Deleting Blog Posts

RESTful Blog App

RESTful Blog App is a web application developed with best applications of RESTful Routing using Node.JS, Express.JS, Embedded JavaScript (EJS) and more. It is made while pursuing The Web Developer Bootcamp course on Udemy. This 40+ hour course covers HTML, CSS, Javascript, Node, Express, MongoDB, Git, and a bunch of other smaller topics along the way.

Course Instructor: Colt Steele

RESTful Routes:

Name	Path	HTTP Verb	Purpose	Mongoose Method
Index	/blogs	GET	List all blogs	Blog.find()
New	/blogs/new	GET	Show new blog form	N/A
Create	/blogs	POST	Create a new blog, then redirect somewhere	Blog.create()
Show	/blogs/:id	GET	Show info about one specific blog	Blog.findById()
Edit	/blogs/:id/edit	GET	Show edit form for one blog	Blog.findById()
Update	/blogs/:id	PUT	Update a particular blog, then redirect somewhere	Blog.findByIdAndUpdate()
Destroy	/blogs/:id	DELETE	Delete a particular blog, then redirect somewhere	Blog.findByIdAndRemove()

Description:

• app.js is the main file that is the heart of our NodeJS web application and contains the RESTful Routes defined for each event.
• views directory contains the relevant files, the EJS templates, that render on each event.
• public/css directory contains CSS to create better interface.
• package.json file contains the information towards the various frameworks that were installed within the course of this project.

Frameworks & Middlewares:

• ExpressJS is used for Server Side Routing applications.
• MongooseJS is used for Back-End Database operations with MongoDB NoSQL Database.
• Body-Parser is used to Parse the data that was received as a result of HTTP POST request.
• Method-Override is used to override the HTTP verb to implement PUT and DELETE methods.
• Express.Static() is used to serve the Static files CSS, JS, etc. in the directory as specified.
• Sanitizer is used to sanitize the contents of HTML inputs and keeps the Database Safe.

Blog Screen Shots:

Home - Display All Blogs:

Show Selected Blog:

Update Blog:

Add New Blog:

Note:

The application is hosted on Cloud9 IDE, an open-source Cloud Service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for developing web applications.