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A library management system with the following features

• Add authors
• Add books
• Search library based on book author
• Search library based on book name
• Search library based on both author and book name

Tech stack required to run the app.

• NodeJS - runtime
• MongoDB - database

It is assumed that you have these components setup already.

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/vixen24/My-Library.git

2. Install npm packages

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root folder and assign database connection string

   DATABASE_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017

4. Run the app

   npm start

The app allows users to manage an online book library and has the following features

1. Add/Edit an author
2. Add/Edit a book
3. View library catalog

The structure of the app is monolithic.

The below packages were used.

• EJS template - to generate templates
• EJS view engine - to render web pages using EJS template files