SPA Example with Express and Mongo database

Setup

Run npm run install to install necessary package

Node Packages

In this repo you will be using:

axios : Is a popular, promise-based HTTP client that sports an easy-to-use API and can be used in both the browser and Node. ... Making HTTP requests to fetch or save data is one of the most common tasks a client-side JavaScript application will need to do.

body-parser : Is the Node. js body parsing middleware. It is responsible for parsing the incoming request bodies in a middleware before you handle it.

dotenv : Is a zero-dependency module that loads environment variables from a .env file into process.env . Storing configuration in the environment separate from your code

express : The Express philosophy is to provide small, robust tooling for HTTP servers, making it a great solution for single page applications, web sites, hybrids, or public HTTP APIs.

html-literal : Useful for writing HTML as simple template tag literals that provide syntax highlighting (through lit-html extension) and some convenience (no need to manually join arrays, JSON-encode objects etc).

lodash : Is a JavaScript library that provides utility functions for common programming tasks using a functional programming paradigm; it builds upon the older underscore. js library. Lodash has several built-in utility functions that make coding in JavaScript easier and cleaner.

mongoose :is an Object Data Modeling (ODM) library that is used for schema validations and managing relationships among data. Mongoose is frequently used with NodeJS and MongoDB.

navigo : Is a simple dependency-free minimalistic JavaScript router

.env File

Create/update the .env file at the root level with the following key/values, update as needed:

PIZZA_PLACE_API_URL=http://localhost:4040  
MONGODB=mongodb://localhost/pizza 
[^---This MONGODB value above should be changed to be your own mongodb cluster connection string! See the curriculum for more on that!---^]
DB_PORT=4040

Then add this code block to root level index.js for dotenv to work properly:

import dotenv from "dotenv";

dotenv.config();

Execution

You must start both the SPA and Server using the serve and app:watch in separate terminals.

NPM Script Commands

In the terminal use npm run