UTop Tutor Server (V2 - Node.js)

Abstract

Designed for UTop Tutor, an organization that offers tutoring services for students in UofT. Users can log in and make appointments with tutors. In this version, our solution stack is Node.js + Express + MongoDB, i.e. MEAN stack but without Angular; instead, some frontend jobs are done at the backend.

Getting Started

To run this website on your localhost:

Prerequisites

• Node.js.

Installing

First, install all dependencies using npm command.

npm install

Then, to start MongoDB, run

mongod --fork --logpath mongodb.log --dbpath=$PWD/data --config /etc/mongodb.conf

If you are running for the first time, or you want to reload the initial database, run

chmod +x clean_db.sh
./clean_db.sh

Then, to start the server, run

node utopNodeJs.js

Now, the server is listening on localhost:3000.

Develop

For developers, it might be easier to test by running the website using nodemon. If you haven't installed it, run

npm install -g nodemon

Then, to start the server, run

nodemon utopNodeJs.js -e js,html,css

The server will restart automatically if any JavaScript, HTML, or CSS has changed.

Preview

Index page

Video information page

License

MIT