TinyApp Project

-TinyApp is a full stack web application built with Node and Express that allows users to shorten long URLs (à la bit.ly).

-It's a secure app, making use of bcrypt to store user passwords, and also makes use of cookie-session for safe handling of user cookies.

-Useful, fast, reliable to shorten urls of long named websites which are no longer needed to be used.

Test user information

To test the working of app, you can use the following information:

Username: user1@gmail.com Password: p12345 Username: user2@gmail.com Password: p67890

Final Product

Dependencies

• Node.js
• Express
• EJS
• bcrypt
• body-parser
• cookie-session

Getting Started

• Install all dependencies (using the npm install command).
• Run the development web server using the node express_server.js command.

User stories:

1. This app makes it easier for me to share shortened links with friends, specially on word-constrained sites like twitter.

2. Sometimes you don’t want to reveal the website, the link of which you are sharing, Tinyapp makes it easy.

3. Simple, easy to use interface to manage my shorten links. Its secure too !