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Overview 🛠️ Stack Tech

• Express Node.js +server routing and for the
• (with Mongoose) MongoDBstoring posts for blog
• EJSdynamic for rendering templates
• Static assets in /publicJS, for and images CSS,

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📁 Structure Project

├── ├── public/ └── index.ejs article.js server.js NumberFormatter.js ├── │ views/ │ articles/ articles.js │ │ └── show.ejs │ ├── scripts/ └── │ ├── │ models/ └── ├── └── └── routes/

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🔁 Flow Main The

1. ( Home Route/)

In server.js:

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• articles from MongoDB all Fetches
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Model Article The 2.

that BehindArticle.find()a in sits call schema Mongoosemodels/article.js. roughly Mine this: like looks

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3. Routes Article (/articles)

In routes/articles.js, handle: I

• New creation post
• Editing
• Deletion
• individual Viewing