Simple Blog

Description

A full-stack web application that employs Node.js/Express, Sequelize, and Handlebars to render and manage a simple web blog. The project includes the following features in accordance with the challenge guidelines:

• Proper setup of the .gitignore file to prevent node_modules, .env, and other extraneous system files from being tracked.
• Use of the dotenv package to read database credentials and cookie params into the environment from a .env file.
• Use of the MySQL 2 and Sequelize packages to establish a connection to a local MySQL database and perform operations.
• Use of Sequelize models and associations for users, posts, and comments.
• Use of modular routing to compartmentalize endpoints.
• Use of the express-session and bcrypt packages, and custom middeware functions to support user authentication and authorization.
• Use of the connect-session-sequelize package to store user sessions in the database.
• Use of Sequelize model methods at appropriate endpoints to perform CRUD operations on posts and comments.
• Use of the Handlebars template engine to dynamically render page views.
• Strong adherence to the MVC paradigm in project layout/design.

 

Usage

Heroku Deployment

A deployed instance of the app is available here on Heroku.

Usage instructions

• The app homepage shows a list of all blog posts contributed by users. Click on a post title to view the entire post and its associated comments.
• Click the login link in the navbar to login/sign up as a new user of the site. Follow the instructions on screen to provide or define a username and password. Upon successful login or signup, you will be directed to the homepage.
• Once authenticated, you may add comments when viewing a post. You may also edit and delete any comments you've authored while viewing a post.
• Once authenticated, you may also access your user dashboard, where you can create, view, edit, and delete blog posts.
• To end your authenticated session, choose logout from the navbar.

Credits

General acceptance criteria for the project were prescribed by the UofM Coding Bootcamp (Trilogy Education Services); all code was written by the developer.

License

Please refer to the LICENSE in the repo.