Question Review App

This project consists of a simple web app utilising CRUD API made in Node.js + Express.js + MongoDB + Monk. The front-end is made with Bootstrap and JavaScript. The app allows you to post, update, view and delete Quora style questions and answers.

Important Packages

• express
  • Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.
• monk
  • A tiny layer that provides simple yet substantial usability improvements for MongoDB usage within Node.JS.
• mongodb
  • The official MongoDB driver for Node.js. Provides a high-level API on top of mongodb-core that is meant for end users.
• @hapi/joi
  • The most powerful schema description language and data validator for JavaScript.

Express CRUD API

Includes API Server utilities:

• morgan
  • HTTP request logger middleware for node.js
• helmet
  • Helmet helps you secure your Express apps by setting various HTTP headers. It's not a silver bullet, but it can help!
• dotenv
  • Dotenv is a zero-dependency module that loads environment variables from a .env file into process.env

Development utilities:

• nodemon
  • nodemon is a tool that helps develop node.js based applications by automatically restarting the node application when file changes in the directory are detected.
• eslint
  • ESLint is a tool for identifying and reporting on patterns found in ECMAScript/JavaScript code.
• mocha
  • ☕️ Simple, flexible, fun JavaScript test framework for Node.js & The Browser ☕️
• supertest
  • HTTP assertions made easy via superagent.

Setup

First of all rename .env.sample to .env and set MONGO_URI to correct MongoDB database directory or connection-string. See this for help. Then

npm install

Lint

npm run lint

Test

npm run test

Development

npm run dev

To Do

• Add User Authentication
• Support Markdown
• Add voting system
• Add Disqus

Screenshots

Reference

Coding Garden