The minimalist design goal for TinyApp formatting was made to be functional as possible. The idea is that time is money. People share a lot of thing and don't have time to waste. With just 6 digits the user have the power to share the WORLD!
TinyApp is a full stack web application built with Node and Express that allows users to shorten long URLs (à la bit.ly).
- It saves time
- Keeps clean and easy links share
- It's simple and intuitive
- ✨Magic ✨
TinyApp has actually several dependencies of open source projects to work properly. Instructions on how to use them in your own application are linked below.
| Dependecies | README |
|---|---|
| Node.js | [https://nodejs.org/en/docs/][PlDb] |
| Express | [http://expressjs.com/en/starter/installing.html][PlGh] |
| EJS | [https://www.npmjs.com/package/ejs][PlGd] |
| bcrypt | [https://www.npmjs.com/package/bcrypt][PlOd] |
| body-parser | [https://www.npmjs.com/package/body-parser][PlMe] |
| cookie-session | [https://www.npmjs.com/package/cookie-session][PlGa] |
- [node.js] - evented I/O for the backend
- [Express] - fast node.js network app framework
- [EJS] - pages templates rendering
- [bcrypt] - maintain all passwords encrypted
- [body-parser] - returns a legible objects
- [cookie-session] - encrypt the browsers cookies
TinyApp is open source itself too! with a public repository on GitHub.
Tinyapp requires Node.js v12 to run
- After fork and clone the repository
- Install all dependencies (using the
npm installcommand). - Run the development web server using the
node express_server.jscommand.
alternatively
npm start-After the server is running you at your browser:
http://localhost:8080/Note: The implementation have to files with urlDatabase and usersDatabase running in syncronous mode. The app was tested in a Windows10 with a native kernal WSL2.
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