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Full version of the Model View Controller pattern using Express as Webserver and MongoDB as database driver.

1. Routes - Includes all the routes to specific pages with POST, GET, PUT and DELETE requests.
2. Models - All the models and schemas for the database.
3. Views - The views HTML files.
4. Controllers - When Route endpoint is reached a controller action handles the request.

1. Download the repo as .zip or clone it with git clone https://github.com/ImMoe/express-starter.git.
2. Then within the folder you downloaded run npm install
3. Now open .env file and change DB_NAME value from YOUR_DB_NAME to your preference.
4. Now everything is configured and you are ready to start building your site.

• Before deployment if you use Mongo Atlas put connection string into MONGO_ATLAS variable inside .env file.
• After that go inside database folder and open config.js and change ${process.env.DB_HOST}${process.env.DB_NAME} to ${process.env.MONGO_ATLAS}