byteSize Project

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

Dependencies

• MongoDB and Mongoose
• Express
• EJS
• bcrypt
• body-parser
• Method-Override
• cookie-session

Getting Started

Install all dependencies

npm install

Run the development web server using the node express_server.js command.

npm start

Final Product

1. Sign in

   

2. Create shortened URLs

   

3. Manage your URLs

   

What I learned

• From this project I have learned how to set up a mongoDB
• Organize routes for express using routers
• Parse user input from forms using body-parser
• Securely manage cookies using sessions to keep track of user information
• Hashing passwords to securely store passwords in the database

Future tasks:

• Email/text authentification
• CSS styling
• Create custom urls
• Statistics tracking