countmedown

Countdown To-Do App

What is the purpose?

This app is a to-do list with a countdown feature. The app allows you to:

Enter a task title
Enter a task description
Enter a completion date
Display the time remaining for the task
Allow you to delete tasks

Tech Used

This app was built using:

Node.js
Express
MongoDB/Mongoose

Optimizations

Future improvements could include:

A way to delete multiple tasks quickly.
Ability to reorder tasks either by urgency or completion date.

Lessons Learned

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Development environment setup

To initialize your development environment with git:

Visit the main repo: https://github.com/intelagense/countmedown
Click Fork in the top right, instructions here: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/fork-a-repo
Navigate to your copy of the repo (https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/countmedown)
Click the pull down that says Code, and copy the url in the box to your clipboard
Create a folder in which you will work on this project, for example C:\Development\
In your terminal, type:

git clone https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/countmedown.git

This will make a copy of YOUR fork of the original repo. Change into this directory:

cd /countmedown

In order to be able to fetch changes from the upstream (original) repo to your local repo, do the following:

Navigate to the ORIGINAL repo, https://github.com/intelagense/countmedown
Click the pull down that says Code, and copy the url in the box to your clipboard (https://github.com/intelagense/countmedown.git)
In your terminal, type:

git remote -v

This will show your current remote repo, which should be YOUR repo

origin  https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/countmedown.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/countmedown.git (push)

To add the new upstream, type:

git remote add upstream https://github.com/intelagense/countmedown.git

Now if you type:

git remote -v

You should see:

origin  https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/countmedown.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/countmedown.git (push)
upstream        https://github.com/intelagense/countmedown.git (fetch)
upstream        https://github.com/intelagense/countmedown.git (push)

Now you may edit the files in your local copy.
To push your changes:

git add .
git commit -m 'message'
git push

To sync your files with upstream (original repo, https://github.com/intelagense/countmedown) type:

git fetch upstream

To install the necessary npm packages listed in package.json:

npm install

User credentials (use your own mongodb credentials for the time being)

Use dotenv module for credential storage on your local machine
.env file contains login information, and MUST BE in your .gitignore
THIS MUST BE SETUP BEFORE PUSHING TO GITHUB
NO pull requests should be allowed that include credentials

Example of dotenv use:

const dotenv = require('dotenv') // .env file
dotenv.config() // using .env
const connectionString = `mongodb+srv://${process.env.USER}:${process.env.PW}@cluster0.bzzkg.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority`;

Example of file ".env" (this file is in your project root folder): (plain text file, full name .env)

Be sure to use the quotes to surround your values if they may have strange characters or spaces

PW = 'password'
USER = 'username'
PORT = 8000

This is accessed via:

process.env.USER
process.env.PW
process.env.PORT

// For example:
const passwd = `${process.env.PW}`;