TinyApp Project

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

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Final Product

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Dependencies

• Node.js
• Express
• EJS
• bcryptjs for password encryption
• cookie-session for encryption
• method-override using app.delete and app.put

Helpful extras

• Mocha/Chai for unit testing
• nodemon for automatic server restarts

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Contents

1. Express Server aka where the magic happens
2. View pages for EJS rendering
3. Helper functions
4. Databases for URLs and Users
5. Mocha/Chai Unit Testing

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Getting Started

• Install all dependencies (using the npm install command).
• Run the development web server using the npm start command.
• Register an account, create new submissions for TinyURLs
• Manage TinyURLS, edit or delete as needed

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Acknowledgements

This project was completed in 4 days during the @lighthouse-labs Web Development Bootcamp.

Please Note

Cookies need to be cleared if resetting the local server.