Introduction

This is forked from a Simple ToDo App built using the MVC Architecture, implementing "authorization" so folx can sign up, customize & personalize the app

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Features

• User sessions: sign up, log in, personalized greeting and unique todo list
• Todos: adding, editing, categorizing, sorting, and deleting functions
• Special "De-stress" function when there are too many things to do...
• Packages have been updated and deprecated code adjusted from the original fork

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Packages/Dependencies used

• bcrypt - hashing/salting/encrypting in order to not have plain text passwords stored in the database
• connect-mongo - helps with session storage in the database
• dotenv - to use environment variable files
• ejs - templating for rendering dynamic data to html
• express - node framework for easier setup
• express-flash - flash messages without request redirection (error messaging for forms)
• express-session - using cookies along with the db to keep track of logged in users
• mongodb - to connect to mongo database
• mongoose - easily set up schemas for data being sent and stored in mongodb
• morgan - logging activity in the console
• nodemon - auto restart server after changes
• passport - strategies for authentication
• passport-local - allow user to make an account with sign in data instead of a different strategy
• validator - checks validity of strings to make sure user will enter the required data

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Local setup

Install all the dependencies or node packages used for development via Terminal npm install

Start server with nodemon npm start

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Things to add

• Create a .env file and add the following as key: value
  • PORT: 2121 (can be any port example: 3000)
  • DB_STRING: your database URI

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