/Gamepedia_Project

Primary LanguageJavaScriptBSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" LicenseBSD-3-Clause

Gamepedia

A database server of games across all platforms

  • Website Features
    • Search for any games in the database
      • View Game Trailer, Screenshots and Metacritic Score and link to Metacritic
    • Add your own review
      • Create a review
      • Update your previous review
      • Delete your review(s)
    • User Authentication
      • Signup for a new user account
      • Log in with your existing one
      • JSON Web Token is used for secure authentication system.

Development Stack

  • Frontend

    • Angular 11 was used to developed the front end.
    • For UI design, Angular Material Design pattern was followed.
    • Angular Flex was also used alongside with bootstrap 5 for responsive experience.

  • Backend

    • NodeJS and ExpressJS was used for backend server.
    • MongoAtlas was used as NOSQL database management.
    • Morgan was used for monitoring the server.
    • Mongoose was used to manage the database.
    • A REST API was created using Express Router
    • For game data, public API was used.

Deployment of the website

  • Heroku was used to deploy the website
  • Express generator was used to create a template then it was changed to support our APIs.

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