A task manager REST API using MongoDB, Mongoose and Express (plus 3 other Node.js projects).
| # | Project | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Notes App | A simple CLI note-taking application to understand Node.js basics. |
| 02 | Weather App | A weather app using Express, Handlebars templates, fetch API and callbacks. |
| 03 | Task App | A task manager REST API using Express, MongoDB and Mongoose. |
| 04 | Chat App | A simple chat room app to work with WebSocket protocol. |
A simple CLI note-taking application to understand Node.js basics.
- handling Command Line Args (add, remove, list, read) and options (--title, --body) with Yargs.
- writing JSON files with JSON.stringify() and fs.writeFileSync().
- reading JSON files with fs.readFileSync(), toString() and JSON.parse().
- printing success/error messages in color with Chalk.
- sanitizing data with validator.
- watching for changes in development mode with nodemon.
- debugging Node.js with debugger, node inspect and Chrome inspector.
A weather app using Express, Handlebars templates, fetch API and callbacks.
See weather-app folder for the first part
See web-server folder for the final project
- making http requests in Node.js with request.
- protecting Weatherstack and Mapbox API keys with dotenv.
- using JSON Formatter in Chrome to work with JSON data.
- handling errors.
- using callbacks and callback chaining to make asynchronous requests.
- serving up HTML, JSON and static assets with Express.
- creating dynamic pages with Handlebars and hbs.
- styling the app with flexbox.
- accessing JSON HTTP endpoint from browser with fetch API.
- handling search by location for current weather.
- deploying on Render.
A task manager REST API using Express, MongoDB and Mongoose.
See REST API deployed on Render
- performing CRUD operations (create, read, update, delete) using MongoDB.
- using promises and async/await method.
- modeling data with Mongoose.
- validating user data with validator.
- enabling REST API routes (post, get, patch, delete) with Express.
- adding registered users to MongoDB and hashing passwords with bcryptjs.
- storing the user/task relationship.
- granting access to the API with JSON Web Tokens.
- testing routes with Postman environment variables.
- adding timestamps to sort data, filtering completed/uncompleted tasks and enabling pagination.
- managing file uploads for user avatar with multer and sharp.
- sending subscribe/unsubscribe emails with Sendgrid.
- writing tests with Jest and supertest using mocks and fixtures.
- deploying on Render and MongoDB Atlas.
A simple chat room app to work with WebSocket protocol.
- handling realtime communication between web clients and server with Socket.IO.
- sending messages with emit() and waiting for messages with on().
- managing chat rooms with socket.join and io.to.emit().
- sharing location with Geolocation API and Google Maps.
- avoiding inappropriate messages with bad-words.
- creating templates in Express server with Mustache.
- managing timestamps with Moment.js.
Based on The Complete Node.js Developer Course by Andrew Mead (3rd edition, 2019)