Express Forum Template

Your EJS Template

Welcome!

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v20.10.0 or later)
• MongoDB account and database
• NPM or Yarn installed

1. How to launch this project

[✔] 1.1 Create new /images folder in /public folder

[✔] 1.2 Add .env file

• Create a new file named .env in the project root directory.

• To do it propertly copy this code and paste it to your newly created .env file(provided .env example document).

• Field SESSIONS_SECRET is meant for sessions security, just thnink of any password and put it there

.env

DB_USER=
DB_PASSWORD=
DB_HOST=
DB_NAME=
SESSIONS_SECRET=

MONGO_CONNECTION=mongodb+srv://__DB_USER:__DB_PASSWORD@__DB_HOST/__DB_NAME

[✔] 1.3 Install dependencies

• Run npm install in the root directory to install the required packages.

[✔] 1.4 Launch the project

• Use npm run dev to start project (uses nodemon), if you don't have nodemon use node ., node app.js.
• Use npm run devcss if you going to edit tailwind styles.

Used assets

• Project uses unsplash(MIT).

Unsplash authors

• Vinicius Wiesehofer
• Elena Mozhvilo
• Michael Dam