RESTful Routing Blog App

Perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations on any blog post. Create a new blog post by adding title, image and descrition to each blog post.

RESTful ROUTES

name	path/url	http verb	description	Mongoose Method
INDEX ROUTE	/blogs	GET request	display a list of all blogs	Blog.find()
NEW ROUTE	/blogs/new	GET request	displays form to add a NEW blog	N/A
CREATE ROUTE	/blogs	POST request	Add new dog(resource) to DB and redirect somewhere	Blog.create()
SHOW ROUTE	/blogs/:id	GET request	Shows detailed information about one blog(resource)	Blog.findByID()
EDIT ROUTE	/blogs/:id/edit	GET request	Show edit form for one blog(resource)	Blog.findByID()
UPDATE ROUTE	/blogs/:id	PUT request	Update a particular blog, then redirect somewhere	Blog.findByIdAndUpdate()
DESTROY ROUTE	/blogs/:id	DELETE request	Delete a particular blog, then redirect somewhere	Blog.findByIdAndRemove()

Getting Started and Execution

• Include all the dependencies from package.json file.
• Now run node app.js from Cloud9 console.

Built With -

• [Node.js] (https://nodejs.org) - JavaScript runtime
• [Express] (https://expressjs.com/) - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js
• [MongoDB] (https://mongodb.com) - Cross-platform document-oriented database program
• [Mongoose.js] (https://mongoosejs.com/) - MongoDB object modeling for Node.js
• [npm] (https://npmjs.com/) - JavaScript Package manager
• [ejs package] (https://npmjs.com/package/ejs) - Embedded JavaScript templates
• [body-parser package] (https://npmjs.com/package/body-parser) - Node.js body parsing middleware
• [method-override package] (https://npmjs.com/package/method-override) - Overrides query methods for PUT and DELETE Routes
• [express-sanitizer package] (https://npmjs.com/package/express-sanitizer) - To prevent inducing javascript inside a blog post
• [JSON] (https://json.org) - Lightweight data-interchange format
• [Javascript] (https://www.javascript.com/) - High-level, interpreted programming language
• [AWS Cloud9 IDE] (https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/) - Cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE)

Authors

• xjanus (https://github.com/xjanus)

Acknowledgments

• Colt Steele's Bootcamp course

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Basics of RESTful Routing

• Representational State Transfer (REST) is an Architectural style that maps between HTTP routes and CRUD operations.
• RESTful web services are web services that conform to the REST architectural style.
• It provides interoperability between computer systems on the Internet.

Steps to build the RESTful routing Blog App

Blog Index

• Setup the Blog App
• Create the Blog model
• Add INDEX route and template

Basic Layout

• Header and Footer Partials
• Include Semantic UI
• Add Simple Nav Bar

Putting the C in CRUD

• Add NEW Route
• Add NEW template
• Add CREATE Route
• Add CREATE template

Showtime

• Add a show route
• Add a show template
• Add links to a show page
• Style show template

Edit/Update

• Add Edit Route
• Add Edit Form
• Add Update Route
• Add Update Form
• Add Method-Override: It is an express package. The HTTP form doesnt support PUT and DELETE request. So, this is a way-around.

DESTROY

• Add Destroy Route
• Add Edit and Destroy Links

Final Updates

• Sanitize blog body
• Style Index
• Update REST table