sarahverkade/matching-application

project tech feature

matching-application Registration and Login

Project-Tech - create and update account information

What is does

Welcome. This feature allows a user to register an account, login and update their account information.

See how the apps works on https://sarah-blok-tech.herokuapp.com/

Built with

• Node.js
• npm
• Express
• Ejs

Installation

For this feature to work you will need to have Node.js and Git installed. Type the following commands in your terminal for installation:

• Install node node install
• Install Git git install

Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/sarahverkade/matching-application.git

Install NPM

To use npm type in your terminal in the root of your directory:

npm install

Run the App

This feature can be run locally with npm start using port 3000.

Installs - Database

For this project I am using MongoDB Atlas. In index.js I am using two variables to connect to the database. You need to use a .env file in which you store these variables and replace it with your own databse name and password. Below an example of how you need these variables declared in your personal .env file.

DB_URI="mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@backendapp.ehlwc.mongodb.net/myFirstDatabase?retryWrites=true&w=majority";
DB_NAME ="yourDatabaseNAme"

Express Middleware

You will also need to have body-parser installed. Body-parser is a piece of Express middleware that is used to read HTTP POSTS. If you are not familiar with Body-parser here's some documentation https://www.npmjs.com/package/body-parser.
With Express 4.16+ Body-parser is built in so you won't have to install this package.