Nodejs Course Application

Overview

Uses

Install nodejs (if doen't exist in your system)

Install node_modules packages by executing the command from terminal and project root directory

npm install 

run development server (it has watch mode that always looks for file changes and update server)

npm run dev 

run production server

npm start 

packages

List of node packages are used in the application

• bcrypt (make password hash)
• body-parser (parser data to body request for post, get, etc)
• connect-flash (send session messages server to ejs/client)
• cookie-parser (browser cookies)
• dotenv (load .env file to access environment)
• ejs (render ejs template)
• express (use router and middleware in nodejs application)
• express-session (application session or browser session)
• express-validator (body/form request validation for server side)
• http-errors (Help to create custom error)
• multer (files upload)
• pg (postgresql database driver)

environment with .env file

port number for application port like localhost:3030

PORT="any_port_number"

database config

DB_HOST="localhost"
DB_PORT="5432"
DB_DATABASE="course"
DB_USERNAME="root"
DB_PASSWORD="7890"

Project Structure

/
│
├── app/
│   ├── db.js - postgresql database connection
│   ├── settings.js - some environment variables extracted in js
│   └── upload.js - file upload using multer package
│   └── utilies.js - utilites helpers functions e.g: bcrypt package to hash password
|
├── contollers/
│   ├── admin/
|   ├── ├── AdminController.js - admin crud operations, login, register etc.
|   ├── ├── CommentControler.js - admin comment crud operations etc.
|   ├── ├── PlaylistContoller.js - admin playlist crud operations etc.
|   ├── └── VideoController.js - admin video crud operations etc.
|   ├── AccountController.js - user profile, udpate, edit etc.
|   ├── AuthController.js - user account login, register, update etc.
|   ├── BookmakController.js - user bookmark crud operations etc.
|   ├── CommentController.js - user comment crud operations etc.
|   ├── ContactContoller.js - user contact crud operations etc.
|   ├── HomeController.js - user view render some pages etc.
|   ├── LikeController.js - user like crud operations some pages etc.
|   ├── PlaylistController.js - user like crud operations some pages etc.
|   ├── TutorController.js - user show tutor profile, etc.
|   └── TutorController.js - user show tutor profile, etc.
|
├── database/
│   └── tables.sql - postgresql database tables schema
|
├── middleware/
│   ├── amdin.js - admin authentication middleware
│   ├── auth.js - user authentication middleware
│   ├── errorerrorHandlerMiddleware.js - all errors handler middleware
│   ├── api.js or token.js - api authentication
│   └── unauth.js - login, register page so login user will redirect to home page
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├── model/ --- models uses for sql queries
│   ├── Model.js - parent class to help sql queries for of the models
│   ├── Auth.js - get authenticated user, tutor id , user_id etc
│   ├── Bookmark.js - run sql query on bookmark table
│   ├── Contact.js -  run sql query on Contact table
│   ├── Content.js - run sql query on Content table
│   ├── Like.js - run sql query on likes table
│   ├── Playlist.js - run sql query on playlist table
│   ├── Tutor.js - run sql query on tutors table
│   └── User.js - run sql query on users table
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├── public/ 
│   └── Nothing updated on this directory 
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├── reuter/ - Application all routers
│   ├── admin.js - all admin pages/routers
│   ├── auth.js - all authentication and unauthorized pages
│   └── public.js - all public pages path/routes
│
├── view/ - All view pages wtih only html/css/javascript and ejs
│
├── ..eslintrc.json - vs code eslint ignore
├── .gitignoe - git ignore files
├── package.json - node packages
├── package.lock.json - node packages version lock files
├── main.js - main nodejs server file
│
└── README.md