Module 3: CRUD and Data Models

Last revised: 09/11/2021

Summary

A high proportion of applications can be distilled into four simple operations: Create, Read, Update, and Delete. Students learn to connect their Express.js server to a MongoDB database using Mongoose.js and implement models and controllers to perform CRUD operations.

Outline

• 1 Schema and CRUD [R]

• 1.1 Model View Controller (MVC) [R]

• 1.2 Principles of setting up your schema [R]

• 1.3 Setup project schema using MongoDB [L]

• 1.4 Setup project schema using Mongoose [L]

• 1.5 Setup project schema using Mongoose with embedding [L]

• 2 Models and Controllers in Mongoose [R]

• 2.1 CRUD with Mongoose [L]

• 3 Custom model methods [R]

• 3.1 Building custom methods [L]

• 4 Summary