📝 My Blog App (Learning Project)

A simple blog application built to practice and understand back-end folder structures and core concepts in a Node.js environment. This is a foundational project created for learning purposes and is not intended for production use.

✨ Features

• ✍️ Create & Manage Posts: A basic editor to write, edit, publish, and delete blog posts.

• 👤 User Authentication: Secure user registration and login system.

• 💬 Comments: Engage with your readers through a built-in commenting system.

• 🚀 Responsive Design: A clean and fully responsive layout that looks great on any device.

• 🔍 Search Functionality: Easily search for posts by title or content.

• 🏷️ Tags & Categories: Organize your posts with tags and categories for better discovery.

🛠️ Tech Stack

This project is built with:

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

• Templating Engine: EJS

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js

• Database: MongoDB Atlas

• Authentication: JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

🚀 Live App

• Live link

🚀 Getting Started

Follow these instructions to get a local copy up and running for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your machine:

• Node.js

• npm

• A MongoDB Atlas account

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/Rudra113/basic-blog-app.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory

   cd basic-blog-app
   

3. Install dependencies

   npm install
   

4. Set up environment variables

   • Create a .env file in the root directory.

   • Add the following variables:

     PORT=3000
     MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_atlas_connection_string
     JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
     

Running the Application

1. Start the server

   npm run dev
   

The application should now be running on http://localhost:3000.

🤝 Contributing

Since this is primarily a learning project, contributions are not the main focus. However, if you have suggestions for improvements, feel free to open an issue!

📄 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

📫 Contact

X(twitter) - handle -r_u_d_r_a__01 - rudraranjanmohanty@gmail.com