https://github.com/teotimepacreau/express-newsletter

Newsletter project built with NodeJS, Express and SQLite
https://github.com/teotimepacreau/express-newsletter

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Newsletter project built with NodeJS, Express and SQLite

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/teotimepacreau/express-newsletter
• Owner: teotimepacreau
• Created: 2023-08-30T18:04:54.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-12T16:30:34.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-09-13T01:57:46.382Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: express, newsletter, nodejs, sqlite
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.44 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Express-Newsletter

A fully functional newsletter website, where you can subscribe and receive a welcoming email, and then receive periodically the newsletter. It also allows unsubscribing through a dedicated page.

https://github.com/teotimepacreau/Express-Newsletter/assets/95431443/d6b3c398-e79c-48a6-b961-0542f5622d6c

# 🛠️ Built with :

- CSS : all UI design is from me, container queries, variable font, grid, flexbox... 

- HTML : form best practice and validation, semantic...

- Javascript : async/await, fetch API

- NodeJS

- Express

- SQLite database and SQL queries

# What I learned :

- how to use Express

- create and manage SQL database

- handle HTTP requests and responses

- work asynchronously and handle errors in Node.JS

- setup backend routes and controllers

- HTML emails (different support rules of the mail clients, specific CSS rules applying to it...)

- create templating for content

- organize a front-in-back architecture

- deploy a front-in-back on an online server

# In-depth details of the project : 

1. Subscription logic : Users can subscribe on homepage by filling and sending the form : lastName, firstName and email are added to SQLite Database. A notif confirms or infirms the subscription. An email confirms subscription and welcome new user.

2. Unsubscription logic : Users can unsubscribe on the /unsubscribe page. It updates the database accordingly by removing. Checks if email is already in the DB, if not sends an error notif to user

3. Newsletter Templates : 

- Each newsletter is created within a template using handlebars

4. Composing Newsletters :

- Each newsletter dynamically retrieve lastName and firstName to personalize the mail

5. Sending newsletter : 

- Middleware retrieve subscribers' information from the SQL DB

- Sendgrid npm package is used to send newsletters to the subscribers.

6. Allowing the client to render the email in browser :

- implemented a route that takes a query parameter to decide to render the "welcomeEmail" or the "newsletter" in a new tab.

7. Scheduling Newsletter Sending:

- Nodecron can send newsletters every Saturday. Not activating the function to not pollute email boxes of people trying the deployed version.

9. Deploy on fly.io