Blog App

A simple, content-focused blog application built with Node.js, Express and EJS.

Table of Contents

• Blog App
  • Table of Contents
  • Features
  • Tech Stack
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Running the App
  • Project Structure
  • Contributing

Features

• Create, read, update and delete blog posts
• Clean, server-side rendered templates with EJS
• Modular Express routes
• Simple styling with your favorite CSS framework (or plain CSS)

Tech Stack

• Node.js (>=14)
• Express ≥4.x
• EJS templating engine

Prerequisites

• Node.js v14 or higher
• npm (comes with Node.js)

Installation

1. Clone the repo

    git clone https://github.com/ado1d/blog-app.git
    cd blog-app

2. Install dependencies

    npm install

Running the App

Start the development server:

    nodemon index.js    

Open a browser and enter the address

    http://localhost:3000

Project Structure

Blog App
├─ index.js
├─ LICENSE
├─ package-lock.json
├─ package.json
├─ public
│  ├─ Image
│  │  ├─ logo.png
│  │  └─ window-content.svg
│  └─ styles
│     └─ main.css
├─ README.md
└─ views
   ├─ allposts.ejs
   ├─ contact.ejs
   ├─ create.ejs
   ├─ index.ejs
   ├─ partials
   │  ├─ footer.ejs
   │  └─ header.ejs
   └─ post.ejs

Contributing

1. Fork this repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/YourFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m "Add some feature")
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/YourFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Please ensure your code follows existing style patterns