Engineering With Ashmit

A blogging application for Ashmit JaiSarita Gupta where he can share engineering stuffs he learns and does.

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Features

• An Express.js application for sharing my blogs with complete server-side rendering and dynamic content delivery.
• RESTful APIs for managing blogs, user authentication, and dynamic content delivery following MVC pattern.
• Utilizes EJS templating engines and Flowbite to create server-side rendered UI and MongoDB to store application Data.
• Utilizes Marked.js to convert markdown to HTML for blog content.
• User can create an account and log into the application.
• User can create, edit, and delete blogs.
• Users can add or remove comments in any blog.
• User dashboard to manage and showcase blogs.
• Profile page to manage user information.

Techstack

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• JWT
• Dotenv
• EJS
• Marked
• Tailwind CSS
• Flowbite

Deployment and Storage

• Database: MongoDB Atlas
• Backend: Render

Contributor

• Developed by Ashmit JaiSarita Gupta.

Development Guide

Available Scripts for Server

In the server directory, you can run:

npm run dev

Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:8001 to view it in your browser.

The page will reload when you make changes.
You may also see any lint errors in the console.

Available Scripts for Docker

Prerequisites:

• install Docker
• install Docker Compose

After cloning the repository to your local, perform the following steps from the root of the repository.

Steps to build and run local docker image:

1. Build the Docker image and run the container:

   docker compose up

2. Open http://localhost:8001 to view it in your browser.

Steps to build and run docker image from dockerhub:

1. Pull the image from dockerhub:

   docker pull devilkillerag/engineeringwithashmit:latest

2. Run the container:

   docker run -p 8001:8001 devilkillerag/engineeringwithashmit:latest

3. Open http://localhost:8001 to view it in your browser.

Steps to build a new version and upload to docker hub:

1. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t devilkillerag/engineeringwithashmit:<version_name> .

2. Push the image to docker hub:

   ddocker push devilkillerag/engineeringwithashmit:<version_name>