Track your Pokemon, create relationships between them, and create thoughts for them all in one application. Through the utilization of MongoDB, Mongoose, and Express.js, this application is able to create, read, update, and delete information between Pokemon and all of the information is stored in a MongoDB backend thanks to the usage of Mongoose.

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The benefit of using Mongoose/MongoDB in this application compared to other backend databases like MySQL is that due to the sheer size of Pokemon entries in the National Pokedex (over 1000), if a user was enthusiastic enough to put in all of the existing, and to be created, Pokemon into the database, manipulating data would be much faster compared to MySQL.

Of course, there's also downsides of using MongoDB as a backend, such as, the lack of strict data validations like there are in MySQL and the relational pairings that data entries can have with one another.

To install this app, follow the instructions below:

1. Make sure you have Node.js installed on your computer.
2. Download/clone the contents of this repo on to your local machine.
3. Open your integrated terminal in the root directory of this app.
4. Run npm i or npm install in your terminal to download all of the dependencies.

To use this application, follow the steps below:

1. Make sure you have installed all of the dependencies.
2. Run npm start in the terminal that's opened to the root directory of this app.
3. Make get, post, put, and delete requests to http://localhost:3001/api/pokemon or http://localhost:3001/api/thought to get started filling your database with information. For more specific route details, please follow the tutorial video below.

If you'd like to see a tutorial video and demo of all of the routes that are available in this application, please click here to watch the demo video.

If you'd like to contribute to this project, simply open a PR and I'll have a look at it!. Furthermore, if you'd like to become a dedicated contributor, message me on any of my socials linked in the author info section or email me at [email protected]

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