Articles Management System

A full-stack web application for managing articles with CRUD operations.

📋 Table of Contents

• Features
• Tech Stack
• Project Structure
• Installation
• API Endpoints
• Database Schema

✨ Features

• Article Management

  • View all articles
  • Create new articles
  • Read full article details
  • Update existing articles
  • Delete articles

• User Interface

  • Responsive design
  • Clean and modern layout
  • Easy navigation
  • Form validation

🛠 Tech Stack

• Backend

  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • MongoDB with Mongoose
  • EJS Template Engine

• Frontend

  • CSS3
  • Bootstrap
  • EJS Templates

📁 Project Structure

articles-nodejs/
├── models/
│   └── Article.js         # Article schema and model
├── public/
│   └── css/              # Static CSS files
├── views/
│   ├── layouts/          # Layout templates
│   ├── article.ejs       # Single article view
│   ├── edit-article.ejs  # Edit article form
│   ├── home.ejs         # Homepage view
│   └── new-article.ejs  # New article form
├── index.js             # Main application file
└── package.json        # Project dependencies

🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/MoAjabali/articles-nodejs
cd articles-nodejs

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Set up MongoDB

• Ensure MongoDB is installed and running
• Default connection string: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/nodejsdb

4. Start the application

npm run dev

The application will be available at https://articles-nodejs-8akj.onrender.com

📡 API Endpoints

Page Routes

• GET / - Home page (displays all articles)
• GET /articles/new - New article form
• GET /articles/:id - View specific article
• GET /articles/:id/edit - Edit article form

Action Routes

• POST /articles/new - Create new article
• POST /articles/:id - Update article
• POST /articles/del/:id - Delete article

💾 Database Schema

Article Model

{
  title: String,   // Article title
  body: String,    // Article content
  author: String   // Article author
}

🔄 Features in Development

• User authentication
• Article categories
• Comments system
• Rich text editor
• Image upload support

📝 License

This project is licensed under the ISC License.

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Made with ❤️ using Node.js and Express