API server for Radar iOS App. Node.js, Express.js working with MongoDB and Mongoose

Radar Server

The backend for Radar.

Tech Stack

• Node.js / Express - core server
• MongoDB / Mongoose - database

Radar utilises the asyncronous non-blocking features of JavaScript and Node.js for the core of the server. User and event information are stored on a Mongo database.

Testing

• Mocha
• Supertest

Testing is done through the Mocha testing suite, and is automated through Grunt.js. We used the library Supertest to simulate requests and responses to and from the server.

Dependencies

• Node.js
• Express 3.x
• Mongo DB
• Mongoose
• Async
• passport
• passport-facebook