📚 Book Note Website

The Book Note Website is a full-stack web application that allows users to store and manage books they have read. For each book, users can leave a review and assign a rating — making it a personal reading log and review system all in one.

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🌟 Features

• 📖 Add books you've read
• 📝 Write personal reviews for each book
• ⭐ Rate books on a scale (e.g., 1 to 5)
• 🔍 View a list of all stored books
• 🧐 Search for the book you have read before stored in the database
• 🧹 Edit or delete book entries

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	HTML, CSS, JavaScript, EJS
Backend	Node.js, Express
Database	PostgreSQL
Version Control	Git, GitHub
Environment Variables	dotenv

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🚀 Getting Started

Before you begin, make sure the following are installed in your development environment:

• Node.js
• PostgreSQL
• (Optional) pgAdmin – GUI for PostgreSQL

⚠️ You can initialize your PostgreSQL database using the SQL file included in this repository.

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1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/TingWai-85/book-notes.git
cd book-notes

2. Install Dependencies

npm install

3. Set Up Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root directory:

touch .env

Open the .env file and add the following variables (replace with your actual credentials):

PG_USER=your_db_username
PG_HOST="localhost"
PG_DATABASE="booknote"
PG_PASSWORD=your_db_password
PG_PORT="5432"

Make sure PostgreSQL is installed and your database is set up with the matching credentials.

4. Run the App

node index.js

The app will be accessible at: http://localhost:3000

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🎥 Video Tutorial

Watch the setup tutorial on YouTube.

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🔧 Future Enhancements

• 🔐 Add user authentication (login, register)
• 📅 Track reading dates or reading time
• 📊 Dashboard for reading statistics
• 👥 Community for sharing the books

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👨‍💻 Author

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