TinyApp Project

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TinyApp is a full stack web application built with Node and Express that allows users to shorten long URLs (à la bit.ly).

Purpose

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This project by Rhea Azarraga is created as part of the Lighthouse Labs curriculum. It is not intended for professional use.

Final Product

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Dependencies

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• Node.js
• Express
• EJS
• bcrypt
• body-parser
• cookie-session

Dev Dependencies

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• Mocha
• Chai
• Nodemon

Getting Started

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• Install all dependencies (using the npm install command).
• Run the development web server using the node express_server.js command.

File Structure & Description

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Server Directory

express_server.js:

• Contains all routing to endpoints with a path of /urls, user entry point (register, log in & log out) *Requires all dependencies needed for the project.
• Sets up EJS as the app's view engine.

helper_funcs.js:

• Contains various modules serving as helper functions for the project.
• Helper functions include:
  • generateRandomString(): generates a random alphanumeric string for a users short URL and userID.
  • getUserByEmail(email, users): Checks if email exists is in the userDatabase and returns that users ID if it exists.
  • urlsForUser(urlDatabase, userID): returns an array of objects containing a list of the user's long URL's and corresponding short URL's.

Views Directory

_header.ejs

• Site header template

urls_index.ejs

• Collection of URL's EJS template

urls_show.ejs

• Update an existing URL EJS template

urls_new.ejs

• Create a new URL EJS template

user_registration.ejs

• Registration EJS template

user_login.ejs

• Log In EJS template

errors.ejs

• Error EJS template

Test Directory

helperTest.js

• Contains TDD unit tests for helpers functions