Editor, extensions, and Node packages

Editor and extensions

For this project, I'm planning to use the popular editor VScode. I prefer this editor over its competitors because of its speed, layout, customizability, and the number of available extensions. The extensions I'm using for this project are:

• ESlint as linter and helper for clean, consistent code.
• Markdown All In One to speed up text editing in markdown.
• Beautifier to handle SCSS/CSS formatting.

Packages

I'm using the following packages in this node project:

• BCrypt.js: to secure passwords by hashing.
• Body-parser: to access data from requests.
• Dotenv: to store creds securely.
• EJS: as template engine.
• Express.js: a framework to handle routes and responses with.
• Express-session: to store and handle user sessions.
• MongoDB: as database to store user-data.
• Mongoose: as ODM for MongoDB, especially for schemes/models.
• Nodemon: to automate restarts/refreshes on the server.
• Node-Sass: to write SCSS and compile & serve CSS.