CatBook

Introducing "Catbook" - the social network for cats (and cat lovers)!

• 🐱 Cat Listing: Browse profiles of fabulous felines.
• 📸 Cat Paparazzi: Share cat photos and get attention.
• ✏️ Cat Bios: Fill out your cat's vital stats and fun facts.
• ✏️ Cat Connections: Send friend requests to expand your cat social circle.
• ✂️ Cat Editing: Keep your cat's profile fresh and fabulous.
• ❌ Unfriend: Easily remove cat connections.
• 🗑️ Cat Deletion: Say goodbye when needed.

Join Catbook today and unleash your cat's inner celebrity! 🎉🐱

Key Features:

• Cat Listing: Users can view a list of all the cats in the database, displaying their names, ages, favorite foods, and fun facts, along with their images.
• Cat Creation: Users can add new cats to the database by filling out a form that includes fields for the cat's name, age, favorite food, fun fact, and an image upload.
• Cat Editing: Existing cat information can be edited through a dedicated edit page. Users can update the name, age, favorite food, and fun fact of a cat.
• Cat Deletion: Users have the option to delete cats from the database, which removes them from the listing.

Link to project:

available soon

Tech used:

• Node.js, Express.js, EJS for rendering views, MongoDB, Mongoose, Multer for handling file uploads, HTML, JavaScript, Bootstrap

Lessons Learned:

• MVC Architecture: The application follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture, helping to separate concerns and improve code organization.

• Middleware Usage: Used Multer for handling file uploads, expanding knowledge of how to integrate third-party libraries into an application.

• Database Interaction: Interacting with a MongoDB database through Mongoose for CRUD operations.

Optimisation:

• User Authentication: Implement user authentication to restrict certain actions like adding, editing, or deleting cats to authorized users only.

• Enhanced UI/UX: Improve the user interface and experience by adding more styling and interactive elements to make the app more visually appealing.

• Search and Filter: Add search and filter options to the cat listing to help users find specific cats more easily.