Final Project Week 2

What did I do this week?

This week I added a few modifications to the HTML and CSS of my app to include numbers and a word describing each rating. In addition to adding that small touch on the front-end, I installed node and a few node packages as well in order to begin work on the backend. The packages I installed were:

• Express
• Mongoose
• Body-parser
• Nodemon
• Dotenv

Since I installed node, I had to move my HTML and CSS files into a src folder. I then run the following line of code in my index.js:

app.use(express.static('src'));

That way my app knows to use the files located in my src folder

This week I also coded my schema for the information I will be sending to my database using MongoDB Atlas. My schema looks like this:

const mongoose = require("mongoose");

const EntrySchema = new mongoose.Schema({
title: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
},
entry: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
},
grateful: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
},
rating: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
},
date: {
    type: Date,
    default: Date.now,
},
});

module.exports = mongoose.model("Entry", EntrySchema);

What is the plan for next week?

Next week I plan on continuing to work on the back-end and getting my app hooked up to my database.

What roadblocks did I encounter?

This week the biggest roadblock I encountered was being able to add the date to a journal entry. I ended up finding Date.now and implemented it into my schema. Next week when I hook up my database I will test and see if it works.