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LAB | Movies and celebrities



Introduction


As a summary of our CRUD journey, we will work on creating the app for movies and celebrities. The goal of this exercise is to practice CRUD on at least one of the models (building the full CRUD for the movie model is mandatory) and documents relationships (between the two models). So let's see what are some user stories related to the celebrity model:

  • The user should be able to:

1. Add new celebrities
2. See the list of celebrities

In the second part of the application, when you already have a couple of celebrities in your database, let's figure out what we will do regarding movie model. As we said, we will have a full CRUD on this model, which means the user can:

3. Add new movies
4. See the list of all movies
5. See the details of a specific movie, including its cast of celebrities
6. Update existing movies
7. Delete movies

Now that we know the overview of the app, let's proceed to creating it.

Hint: Although this lab might seem as overly guided, it is the first time you are creating a full-stack app on your own so we wanted to make sure all steps are covered and you can come back to this lab's solution as a reference at any point later.

Let's go!

Requirements

  • Fork this repo
  • Clone this repo

Submission

  • Upon completion, run the following commands:
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "done"
$ git push origin master
  • Create Pull Request so your TAs can check up your work.



Instructions


Iteration 0 | Initialize the project

After forking and cloning the project, you will have to add an .env file and add in it the following lines:

MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/lab-movies-celebrities
PORT=3000

And you have to install all the dependencies:

$ npm install

Run the app and you are ready to start 🚀


Iteration #1: Setting the folders/files structure

  • Views: To keep things nice and clean, we will also create separate folders for celebrities and movies: views/celebrities and views/movies. Also, we will create a couple of files in each folder:

    • views/celebrities/celebrities.hbs

    • views/celebrities/new-celebrity.hbs

    • views/movies/movies.hbs

    • views/movies/new-movie.hbs

    • views/movies/movie-details.hbs

    • views/movies/edit-movie.hbs

Obviously, naming is a matter of preference so we used very descriptive names for route handlers and views.


Iteration #2: The Celebrity model

Our first step is to create the Celebrity model and add some celebrities in our database.

The Celebrity model should have:

  • name - String (like Tom Cruise, Beyonce, Daffy Duck, etc.)
  • occupation - String (what the celebrity does, why they are famous. For example actor, singer, comedian)
  • catchPhrase - String (every celebrity needs a good catch phrase. Well maybe not all of them have one in real life, but all of our celebrities will have a catch phrase. This can be pretty much anything.)

Go ahead and locate the celebrity.js model file in the models folder. Using schema, create the Celebrity model with the above mentioned properties. Don't forget to export the model. 2. In the celebrity.js model file:


Iteration #3: Adding New Celebrities

Now that we have defined Celebrity model, let's make it so the user can add new celebrities to the database.


Route HTTP Verb Description
/celebrities/create GET Show a form to create a celebrity
/celebrities/create POST Send the data from the form to this route to create the celebrity and save it to the database

Steps we will follow in this iteration:

  1. In the app file (index.js) create the following GET route handler: /celebrities/create
  2. In that route we have to render the celebrities/new-celebrity view
  3. In that view file:
    • Add an <h2> for the page's heading.
    • Add a <form> tag that makes a POST request to /celebrities/create.
    • Add <input> tags inside the form so the user can fill in values for each attribute of the celebrity. Make an input for name, occupation, and catchPhrase
    • Add a <button> tag in the form so the user can submit the form once they are done filling it out.
  4. Create the /celebrities/create POST route handler in index.js.
  5. In that route we have to create an instance of the Celebrity model (don't forget, we should get all the info from the form through req.body)
    • If there is an error, render the celebrities/new-celebrity view so the user can try again and
    • If there is no error, redirect to the page with the list of celebrities. This route will be created in the next iteration /celebrities
  6. In the views/home.hbs view file:
    • Add a link that goes to the page you just created with the form to create a new celebrity.

Iteration #4: Listing Our Celebrities

Now, when we've got some celebrities in the database, we can start working with them in our Express app. Let's display a list of all the celebrities.

Here's the route we will be using:


Route HTTP Verb Description
/celebrities GET Show all celebrities

Steps we will follow in this iteration:

  1. Create the /celebrities GET route handler in index.js.
  2. In the route:
    • Use find() method on the Celebrity model to retrieve all the celebrities
    • If everything is okay, render the celebrities/celebrities.hbs view and pass the array of celebrities into the view as a variable
    • If there's an error, catch it
  3. In the views/celebrities/celebrities.hbs view file:
    • Add an <h2> tag for the page's heading.
    • Use a hbs #each loop to display tags with each celebrity's name.
  4. In the views/home.hbs (homepage) file:
    • Add a link that goes to the /celebrities route.

Celebrities - Done! At least for now. 😉


Iteration #5: The movie model

Now when we've started all this good work, let's keep up strong and build all the route handlers for the Movie model. But first, let's create the Movie model.

The Movie model should have:

  • title - String
  • genre - String
  • plot - String
  • cast - Array of object IDs referencing the Celebrity model (basically, the array of celebrities' IDs)

Steps we will follow in this iteration:

Go back and review what you did to create the Celebrity model. You'll need to create a file for the model, and in that file, you'll need to create a schema for the model as well. Don't forget, you have to export the Movie model.


Iteration #6: Adding New Movies

Okay, the next step is to make it so the user can add new movies to the database.


Route HTTP Verb Description
/movies/create GET Show a form to create a movie
/movies/create POST Send the data from the form to this route to create the movie and save it to the database

Steps we will follow in this iteration:

Review how you did this for the Celebrity model.

  • Create 2 new route handlers, one to render page with the form on it, and one to send the data to after the form is filled out
    • In the GET route that displays the form to create a new movie (which renders the movies/new-movie.hbs), make sure you pass all the celebrities from your database so your users can choose which ones are in the cast of the movie you're just creating (hint: You will have to use select multiple tag)
  • Remember that the user should see the cast name in the option tags, but the information that should be transmitted (value) is the _id we will use for the cast attribute of the movie.
  • Make sure the form is making a POST request to the other route you just created (/movies/create)
  • In your post route, create an object with all the info you just received from the form. (Remember, req.body)
  • Use this object to create a new movie in the database and redirect back to the page with your list of all movies
  • Make sure to add a link to the form on the movies index page so the user can easier navigate

Iteration #7: Listing Our Movies

Now that we've got some movies in the database, let's make a page where we list all our movies, just like we did with the Celebrity model.

Here's the route we will be using:


Route HTTP Verb Description
/movies GET Show all movies

Steps we will follow in this iteration:

Go back and review how you did this for the celebrities. You'll need to:

  • Create a GET route that will render the file in which we will display movies (movies/movies.hbs)
  • Use a database query to retrieve all the movies from your database and render the view
  • Use a hbs #each loop to display all your movie titles on that page
  • Add a link to the page you just created on the home page so the user can navigate to it.

Iteration #8: The Movie Details Page

We've got a list of all movies that displays each of their titles, but what if we want to see the other details? In our movies/movies.hbs view with our list of movies, let's add links so that the user can click on any movie's title, and go to a details page of each movie. On this page, we will show all the details of that movie. Here's the route we will be using:


Route HTTP Verb Description
/movies/:id GET Show a specific movie

Steps we will follow in this iteration:

  1. We need /:id part to change dynamically as we click on different movies' titles. This being said, as part of the loop that displays each movie's title, add a link that goes to the /movies/:id route with the :id replaced by the actual movie's id 🔑
  2. Create the /movies/:id GET route handler in index.js.
  3. In the route:
    • On the Movie model call findOne() or findById() method to retrieve the details of a specific movie by its id
      • Don't forget you have cast as the array of celebrity ids, and we need to populate() in order to get the full data about the celebrities 🎯
    • If everything is fine (.then()), render the movies/movie-details view and pass the variable with the movie's details into the view
    • If there's an error, catch it.
  4. In the views/movies/movie-details.hbs view file:
    • Add an <h2> for the page's heading.
    • Display tags with the movie's title, genre and plot.
    • Use a hbs #each loop to display the cast's name, occupation and catchPhrase

Iteration #9: Deleting Movies

Now that we have a list of movies, a movie details page, and a page to create new movies, we only have 2 features left to implement: editing movies and deleting them. Since deleting is simpler, let's start with that.


Route HTTP Verb Description
/movies/:id/delete POST Delete a specific movie

Steps we will follow in this iteration:

  1. In the movies/movie-details.hbs file:
    • Add a <form> tag that makes a POST request to /movies/:id/delete where the :id is replaced by the actual id of the movie.
    • Add a <button> tag inside the form so that it can be submitted.
  2. Create the /movies/:id/delete POST route in your index.js file
  3. In the route:
    • Use the Movie model's findByIdAndRemove() method to delete the specific movie by its id.
    • If everything is good (.then()), redirect to the list of movies page
    • If there's an error, catch it

Iteration #10: Editing Movies

Final piece of our CRUD puzzle: editing existing movies.

Here are the route handlers we will be using:


Route HTTP Verb Description
/movies/:id/edit GET Show a form to edit a movie
/movies/:id/edit POST Send the data from the form to this route to update the specific movie

Steps we will follow in this iteration:

  1. Create the /movies/:id/edit GET route in index.js.
  2. In that route:
    • Call the Movie model’s findOne() or findById() method to retrieve a specific movie by its id
    • Call the Celebrity model's find() to retrieve all celebrities for the cast.
    • If everything is good, render the movies/edit-movie view
    • Pass the variable with the movie's details and all celebrities into the view
  3. In the movies/edit-movie.hbs view file:
    • Add an <h2> tag for the page's heading.
    • Add a <form> tag that makes a POST request to /movies/:id with the :id replaced by the actual movie's id.
    • Add <input> tags inside the form for each attribute of the movie.
      • Hint: When you render the edit form, make sure each of the input fields is pre-filled with the current value of the attribute for that movie
    • Add <select> and <option> tags that will handle the cast attribute.
    • BONUS: Make the current cast members selected so the user knows who is in the cast currently.
    • Add a <button> tag inside the form so that the user can submit the form once they are done editing.
  4. Create /movies/:id POST route in the index.js file
  5. In that route:
    • Create an object with movie's model keys and it's values should come from the form submission (which is req.body)
    • Now you can apply different methods - update() or findByIdAndUpdate() to find the movie and send the updated values to the database.
    • If there is no error, redirect back to the movie details page.

And we are done! Now all movies CRUD features are implemented with a relationship between movies and celebrities. As a BONUS, feel free to also add details view, edit and delete for the celebrities.



Bonus for Celebrity model

  • See the details of a specific celebrity
  • Update existing celebrities
  • Delete celebrities

That's it! 🏆

Happy Coding! ❤️