📘 BlogRam

BlogRam is a full-stack blogging application that allows users to create, update, and manage blog posts.

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🚀 Features

• ✍️ Create, edit, and delete blog posts
• 👥 View other users
• 🔐 Authentication system
• 🧪 End-to-end testing with Cypress (login flow)
• ⚡ Lightweight frontend with vanilla JavaScript

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js + Express
• Frontend: Vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Database: Prisma (BaaS / hosted database)
• Testing:
  • Unit tests: Jest
  • End-to-end tests: Cypress

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📦 Installation

Make sure you have Node.js installed.

npm install

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▶️ Run the App

npm run dev

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🧪 Testing

Unit Tests (Jest)

npm test

End-to-End Tests (Cypress)

npx cypress open

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🔐 Testing Strategy

• Jest → unit testing
• Cypress → end-to-end testing (login flow)

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⚙️ CI/CD

This project uses GitHub Actions for continuous integration.

✅ Workflow

Tests run automatically on:

• Every push to main
• Every pull request targeting main

This ensures all changes are tested before merging.

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🔑 Environment Variables

The following environment variables are required:

DATABASE_URL=your_prisma_database_url
JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key

In CI, these should be stored as GitHub Secrets.

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📁 Project Structure

final_project/
├── src/                # Backend source (Express + TS)
    |── middleware      # Auth middleware using JWT
    |── routes          # Endpoints to manage objects
    |── views          # User interfaces
    |── utils          # Helper functions
    |── tests          # Jest tests
├── prisma/             # Prisma schema
├── cypress/            # Cypress tests
├── package.json

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💡 Notes

• CI uses a hosted Prisma database (no local DB required)
• The app is built before running Cypress to avoid TS runtime issues
• Cypress automatically starts the server before running tests

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