TinyApp Project

TinyApp is a full stack web application built with Node and Express that allows users to shorten long URLs (à la bit.ly). It was built as part of Lighthouse Labs' Web Development bootcamp.

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Dependencies

• Node.js
• Express
• EJS
• bcrypt
• body-parser
• cookie-session
• method-override

Stretch (Bonus) Features

• Can serve app in a subdirectory such as example.com/tinyapp

• Analytics
  • Keeps track of how many times a given short URL is visited
  • Keeps track of unique visitors for each URL
  • Keeps track of every visit (timestamp, and a generated visitor_id), displayed on the URL edit page

• Has a 'Hot' page with the most popular short URLs

Getting Started

• Install all dependencies (using the npm install command)
• If serving the app in a subdirectory (i.e. example.com/tinyapp), set the environmental variable TINYAPP_BASE_URL appropriately (i.e. /tinyapp/)
• (Optional) Set server port with environmental variable TINYAPP_PORT (default is 8080)
• Run the development web server using the command node express_server.js with your favourite service manager