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• Source code for article on how to create a user registration form using nodejs and mongodb

• You can read detailed tutorial on our blog: https://programmerblog.net/nodejs-user-registration-tutorial/

• Install MongoDB First you need to install MongoDB on your system, Please visit MonogoDB site and download it.

• Create a MongoDB database After MongoDB installation. Create a data/db directory - In windows c:/data/db

• On command prompt, open MongoDB -> bin folder and run

  mongod

• Open another command prompt and open bin folder and type

  mongo

• Mongo shell is running, type

  use dbusers

• Current databse will be changed to to db users.

• install NodeJS Please visit NodeJS site and download installer, Install on your system, It also install NPM or Node Package Manager

• Generate NodeJs, Express application Using Explress comman line tool to generate an application skeleton.

  express --view=pug nodejs-user-registration-mongodb

• install required dependencies

  cd nodejs-user-registration-mongodb && npm install

• Create a Model using mongoose A User Schema is created in a Models folder using Mongoose

• Create a Form in Pug template engine Next a bootstrap based form is created so users can enter their information into the form and send it to server.

• Create a Ajax JavaScript code to send data to server and receive response and display to user Using jQuery, An AJAX request is sent to server with data, Data is recevied in /Register Express route.

• Create a Register route to receive, validate and save data to MongoDB database A register route is created, Ths route recevies posted data, validates and save it in mongoDB database.

• To run the app:

  SET DEBUG=nodejs-user-registration-mongodb:* & npm start

• To view runnign app Open browser and type the URL: http://localhost:3000

For detailed tutorial, visit

http://programmerblog.net/nodejs-user-registration-tutorial/