git checkout step10
git merge step9There's a new file in the public folder, script.js. Don't worry about what all the code means, just know that it's responsible for sending a request to GET old blogposts and display them on the page underneath "Recent Posts".
You probably want to handle the request from that script.js file in your server code...
At the moment, your blog posts are reaching the server, but aren't being saved anywhere. They just disappear into a cloud of bits and bytes. We need to find a way to save them so that you can retrieve them later.
You'll remember that fs.readFile() is the method responsible for reading files from your hard drive. Well, fs.writeFile() is a method that allows you to write data into a file.
fs.writeFile('path/to/file', yourData, (error) {
// do something after the file has been written
});You'll note that in the lib folder there's a new file called posts.json.
JSON is a type of file for structuring data in a readable way. JSON objects convert really easily to Javascript objects, and vice versa, with JSON.parse() and JSON.stringify().
(If you're not sure about Javascript objects, have a chat with your mentor and your team.)
Modify your server code to:
- Save your blogpost data into
posts.json - Handle the
script.jsrequest - Retrieve all your posts and send them back to
script.js
If all goes well, you should have a fully functional CMS!
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