please note that since the app is hosted on a free instance it takes a little while for the instance to spin up

This is a web application built using Node.js and Express, designed to help you manage your tasks efficiently.

Make sure you have Node.js and npm installed on your machine.

1. Clone the repository using following command:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/todo-app.git
   

2. Change into the project directory:

   cd todo-app
   

3. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

4. Use npm start for starting the application on 3000 port

   npm start
   

5. Here a few more miscellaneous scripts you can run

   npm test # for running tests, this runs on the test database
   npm run dev # run a dev server, this runs on the development database
   

• User authentication using Passport.js
• Secure password storage with bcrypt
• Sequelize ORM for interacting with a PostgreSQL database
• run tests using jest

• bcrypt - Password hashing library
• cheerio - HTML parsing and manipulation
• connect-ensure-login - Ensures a user is logged in
• connect-flash - Flash messages for Express
• cookie-parser - Parse cookies in Express
• csurf - CSRF token middleware
• ejs - Embedded JavaScript templates
• express - Web application framework for Node.js
• express-session - Session middleware for Express
• passport - Authentication middleware for Node.js
• passport-local - Local authentication strategy for Passport
• pg - PostgreSQL client for Node.js
• sequelize - Promise-based ORM for Node.js
• tiny-csrf - Lightweight CSRF token middleware

To set up the database for the Todo App, you'll need to perform the following steps

1. Install PostgreSQL:

• If you haven't installed PostgreSQL, download and install it from the official website.
• During installation, take note of the PostgreSQL username, password, and database name you choose.

2. Configure Database Connection:

• Open the config/config.json file in your Todo App project.
• Update the development configuration with your PostgreSQL credentials:

{
  "development": {
    "username": "your_postgresql_username",
    "password": "your_postgresql_password",
    "database": "your_database_name",
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "dialect": "postgres"
  }
}

# similarly enter your production and testing database details

3. Run migrations

• Open a terminal in your project directory.
• Run the following commands to apply the database migrations:

npx sequelize-cli db:migrate

4. Start the Application:

• After configuring the database, start your Todo App using

npm start

Remember to replace placeholders like your_postgresql_username, your_postgresql_password, and your_database_name with your actual PostgreSQL credentials. If you encounter any issues, make sure PostgreSQL is running, and your credentials are correctly configured.