Booklüb — A Book Review App

Overview

Welcome to Booklüb! A book review blog built with Express on NodeJS.

• Full-stack project incorporating EJS templating, CSS styling, and jQuery.
• Integration with Google Books API to fetch book covers and data.
• Utilizes PostgreSQL for persistent data storage.

Capstone project for Angela Yu's Complete Web Dev Bootcamp course on Udemy.

Prerequisites

Versions of tools used for this project:

• NodeJS - v20.15.0
• NPM (Node Package Manager) - v10.8.1
• PostgreSQL - v16.3

Setup Instructions

1. Configure PostgreSQL: Ensure Postgres database is installed and running on your local machine.

2. Initialize Database: Run the setup.sql script to create the necessary table and dummy data.

psql -U your_username -d your_database -f setup.sql

3. Configure Environment Variables: Set up database connection parameters in a .env file (refer to .env.sample)

DB_USER="pgUsername"
DB_HOST="localhost"
DB_NAME="bookDB"
DB_PW="strongPassword!"
DB_PORT=5432

4. Install Dependencies: Run npm install to setup the required Node.js dependencies for the application

5. Run the Application: Use the following command to run the application.

node --env-file=.env app.js

6. Access the Application: Head to http://localhost:3000/ to access the website.