MyPond

An example of a node.js/express/mongodb/mongoose web application. The purpose is document the animals seen in my pond. This is still a under construction.

Handlebars Templating

I have some very rough handlebars templating in place.

Node.js and Express

The routes are in the /routes directory. Currently I am just filling in data for the animals that are in ponds in Oregon.

Mongo

You can use the instructions https://treehouse.github.io/installation-guides/mac/mongo-mac.html to install a mongodb (I have a Mac). Make sure you create the /data/db directory.

In the mongo shell, you just enter use mypond to create the database. I added 2 collections, db.createCollection("animals") and db.createCollection("wildlife"). If you want to verify that everything is correct, check the databases with show dbs and show collections. You should see a database called mypond and you should see 2 collections, animals and wildlife.

The models for the db are in the models/ directory. I have 2 collections animals for all the possible animals and wildlife for a log of wildlife sightings. The wildlife schema is not well defined yet. The animal schema is further along.

var animalsSchema = mongoose.Schema({
  name: {
    type: String,
    required: true
  },
  animal_type: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
    default: 'bird'
  },
  picture_url: {
    type: String,
    required: false
  },
  animal_desc: {
    type: String,
    required: false
  }
});