Virtual travel agency

Project is in a tour booking site. Consists of API with Server Side rendered web page which is live at own hosted VPS.

Available here: natours.bieda.it

Take a look at Postman API docs to get more understanding.

Technologies Used

• Node.js: A JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine that allows developers to run JavaScript code on the server-side.
• Express: A web application framework for Node.js that provides a set of features for building web applications and APIs.
• MongoDB: A NoSQL document-oriented database used for storing and retrieving data.
• Mongoose: An Object Data Modeling (ODM) library for MongoDB that provides a higher-level interface for managing data.
• Docker: A containerization platform used to deploy applications in a consistent and reproducible way.
• Docker Compose: A tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications.
• VPS Linux Server: A virtual private server (VPS) running a Linux operating system used for hosting and deploying the application.
• Mailtrap: An email testing service used for testing email functionality in the application.
• Sendgrid: A cloud-based email service used for sending transactional emails from the application.
• Pug: A template engine for Node.js used for rendering views and HTML.

Features Implemented

• Stripe Integration: Stripe integration is implemented for processing online payments for tours. It allows users to pay for tours using their credit or debit cards securely.
• CORS: Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a security feature that allows resources on a web page to be requested from another domain outside the domain from which the first resource was served.
• CSP: Content Security Policy (CSP) is a security feature that helps prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by allowing web developers to specify which sources of content are trusted.
• JWT: JSON Web Tokens (JWT) is a standard for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object. It is used for authentication and authorization purposes in the application.
• Body Parsers: Body Parsers are used to parse the request body data in order to extract and work with the data in the application.
• Rate Limiting: Rate limiting is a feature that limits the number of requests that can be made to the application in order to prevent abuse and improve security.

Acknowledgement

This repo is part of the online course I've taken at Udemy. Link to the course: Node.js, Express, MongoDB & More: The Complete Bootcamp 2023