Todo App

Node.js, Express.js, MongoDb, CSS, EJS

Description

• Starter app to get me comfortable with the JavaScript frameworks
• Backend focused (no React in this application)

How it works

• Users must be logged in to do create tasks
• Once authenticated, users can create tasks for a certain date (POST to mongodb)
• Users can also view upcoming tasks and ones they already completed (GET from mongodb)

Technical details

• Used express-session to authenticate users
• Rendered dynamic information to the client using EJS
• Used mongoose to create a user schema
• Explored nested collections through the user schema
• Updated and retrieved data from mongodb atlas

Conclusion

• Basic yet fun project
• Helped me understand nosql databases more
• Realized one of the greatest advantages of a node application is that the backend and frontend can all be written in the same language