**1. Set up the project:**
- Create a new directory for your project and navigate into it.
- Initialize a new Node.js project by running `npm init` in the terminal. Follow the prompts to set up the project.
**2. Install required dependencies:**
- Install the necessary dependencies by running `npm install express mongoose ejs` in the terminal.
- Express: A popular web framework for Node.js.
- Mongoose: An Object-Data Modeling (ODM) library for MongoDB.
- EJS: A templating engine for rendering dynamic HTML templates.
**3. Create the project structure:**
- Create the following directories: `models`, `views`, and `routes`.
- Inside the `models` directory, create a file named `Post.js`. This file will define the structure of a blog post using Mongoose.
**4. Set up the database connection:**
- In your main project file (e.g., `index.js`), require the necessary modules and set up the database connection using Mongoose.
**5. Define the blog post model:**
- In the `Post.js` file, define a Mongoose schema for the blog post with properties like `title`, `content`, `author`, `createdAt`, etc.
**6. Create the routes:**
- Inside the `routes` directory, create a file named `posts.js`.
- In this file, define the routes for creating, reading, updating, and deleting blog posts.
**7. Implement the views:**
- Inside the `views` directory, create a file named `index.ejs` that will display the list of blog posts.
- Create another file named `new.ejs` that will contain a form for creating new blog posts.
- Create a file named `show.ejs` that will display the details of a specific blog post.
**8. Implement the route handlers:**
- In the `posts.js` file, define the route handlers for each CRUD operation (create, read, update, delete).
- Use the Mongoose methods to interact with the database and render the appropriate views.
**9. Set up the server:**
- In your main project file, require the necessary modules and set up the Express server.
- Configure the server to use the defined routes and render the views using EJS.
**10. Start the application:*
- In the terminal, run `node index.js` to start the Node.js server.
- Visit `http://localhost:3000` in your browser to access the blog application.
Posted By - Shakti Narayan Tripathi 😊
