This repository contains the NodeJs course application from Maximilian Schwarzmüller on Udemy, please make sure to check it out!

• Mysql instead of MongoDB ( which was used throughout second part of the course )
• Sequelize ORM
• EJS template engine to render html
• NodeMailer ( to send emails when the user signs up and resets password)
• bcrypt ( for password salting and hashing )

• How cookies and sessions work
• How to use authenticated / protected routes
• How encryption (hashing and salting) protects
• How to generate CSRF tokens and why they are important to validate user requests when dealing with sensitive information
• How send emails when the user signs up or requests a password reset
• How to use reset tokens with associated expirations date (while storing both with the user information) when reseting user password
• How to use an ORM together with a DB through Model associations
• How to upload/download image files
• How to store files in the filesystem while dynamically generating an url to be stored on the DB associated to other file information (e.g. title, description, price)
• How to dynamically generate PDF files and store them ( working just like above )
• How to use template engines and views to output content to the browser
• How to use validate and sanitize user input data, while handling errors that may occur and display them with flash messages