The application is built with Node.js, Express.js, EJS, Lodash and CSS together with Body-Parser. The said technologies were used for reasons such as speed, efficiency and readability since most developers have a working knowlegde of JavaScript.
Working with EJS and request handlers was quite the pain and this is the fruit of the pain.
Installation
- Clone repository with the command
git clone <url>
```
$ git clone https://github.com/efecollins/blog-template-ejs.git
- Run `npm i` in your terminal to install `node_modules` and all dependencies in `package.json`
$ npm i
- Run `nodemon` in your terminal if installed to start the node server and watch for changes in `app.js`
$ nodemon
- Or run `node app.js` to start the server if `nodemon` is not installed
$ node app.js
- The following message should be logged to your console signifying success.
Server started on port 3000
- Make changes as you are pleased
## More Info
- To compose a new post enter `localhost:3000/compose` in your web browser's search bar.
- To compose a new post in the live site visit [https://busy-blue-agouti-cap.cyclic.app/compose](https://busy-blue-agouti-cap.cyclic.app/compose)
- Contributions to this project are allowed provided they make the template easy to use
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