Build a Notes App using NodeJs, Express, MongoDB & Passport – CRUD
Today we are going to create a simple Notes taking Application using Nodejs, Express, MongoDB, and Passport. For templating we will use EJS and Bootstrap.
Improvement Ideas
- Notes Ritch Text Editor
- Notes Encryption
- Predictive Search
- Better RWD
- Add More Authentication Options
- Flash Messages
- Code Improvement Overall
- Create API to be used on Front End
- Add More UI Interactivity
Mongoose ^7.0.0 Update
Please replace the following code in auth.js
// REPLACE THIS
passport.deserializeUser(function (id, done) {
User.findById(id, function (err, user) {
done(err, user);
});
});
// TO THIS
passport.deserializeUser(async (id, done) => {
try {
const user = await User.findById(id);
done(null, user);
} catch (err) {
done(err, null);
}
});In dashboardController.js please replace the full Get Dashboard Route
/**
* GET /
* Dashboard
*/
exports.dashboard = async (req, res) => {
let perPage = 12;
let page = req.query.page || 1;
const locals = {
title: "Dashboard",
description: "Free NodeJS Notes App.",
};
try {
// Mongoose "^7.0.0 Update
const notes = await Note.aggregate([
{ $sort: { updatedAt: -1 } },
{ $match: { user: new mongoose.Types.ObjectId(req.user.id) } },
{
$project: {
title: { $substr: ["$title", 0, 30] },
body: { $substr: ["$body", 0, 100] },
},
},
])
.skip(perPage * page - perPage)
.limit(perPage)
.exec();
const count = await Note.count();
res.render('dashboard/index', {
userName: req.user.firstName,
locals,
notes,
layout: "../views/layouts/dashboard",
current: page,
pages: Math.ceil(count / perPage)
});
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
};Credit:
- Photo by Diego PH on Unsplash
- Pagination EJS – https://evdokimovm.github.io/
- Passport SerializeUser – StackOverflow
More Resources:
- Display NodeJs Flash Messages using ESJ
- NodeJs Free Hosting
- Query MongoDB with Custom URL Parameters
Author
Hi! I’m Raddy. I am a web developer, often making YouTube Videos, Blog Posts and side projects. Enquiries: [email protected]
