developmentPhases.md

Setting Up Project

Phase 1:

- ###:npm init
- ###: git init -> git add . -> git commit -> then connect to github
- add public -> temp -> .gitkeep (Tracking)
- gitignore -> .env, .env.sample
- create src folder
- ###: touch app.js   constants.js   index.js

- ###: npm install --save-dev nodemon (as dev dependency)

-  mkdir controllers db middlewares models routes utils

- ###: npm i -D prettier
- add pretitier configurations

Phase 2: Connecting Database

- update 'env' file with db url, and 'constants' with db name

- get dot env package, mongoose, express
    - ###: npm i mongoose express dotenv
    - configure env in main index file
    - update packagejson as:
    - "scripts": {
            "dev": "nodemon '-r dotenv/config --experimental-json-modules' src/index.js"},

- db/index.js -> write db connection code, and export the fn - connectDB
- import and execute connectDB(), in main index file

- In import statement, watch out 'extensions' .js in file names

Phase 3:

- Inside app.js, create instance of express, and import it into index.js
- Handle DB connection Promise, the start server by listening on PORT

- Install few packages for middlewares
- ###: npm i cookie-parser cors
- configure these in app.js

- Creating Wrapper Utilies Functions
    - asyncHandler, ApiError, ApiResponse

Phase 4: Creating User & Video Model

- Creating User & Video Model
- install packages
    - ###: npm i bcrypt jsonwebtoken
- 

Explore Bcrypt , JWT(Bearer-Token) , MONGODB mongoose plugins & Hooks

Phase 5: File Uploading & Handling

- File Upload - Firstly, Bring on local server, then from local server upload on cloudinary.

- install packages
    - ###: npm i cloudinary
    - ###: npm i multer

- Configure Cloudinary Upload function And Export it (So that can be used anytime & anywhere)

- Configure File Upload Middleware using multer
    - 'Storage' methods - used as a middleware
    - Route Where, file is coming/expected => use storage method

Phase 6: Routes & Controllers

- Basics Of How To Structure Routes & Controllers

Phase 7: Routes & Controllers

- User Registration Controller Functions & Routes

Phase 8:

- User Details Updation Controller Functions & Routes

Phase 9:

- Currently Skipping Aggrations Pipelines

Phase 10:

- Add Remainig Models, Template Controllers