7th February 2024

Here’s a writeup on how to create a search engine sort off full stack web application that finds local businesses or institutions using PERN stack, I know everyone is running behind MERN now, but I love PostgreSQL.

If you aren’t familiar with PERN, here’s what it stands for, P for PostgreSQL, E for Express.js , R for React and N for Node.js

Now I got no idea on how the end product would look like, but I’m going for something along the Yelp example. It’s great even showcases Map API on selection.

The map section could be done like this,

Geolocation Services:

• Google Maps API or Mapbox API (for integrating maps and location services)

even though that isn’t something I need to pay attention to right now.

Here’s an still from the YELP site

neat right? I donno about the UI but I hope to achieve this functionality-wise.

Here’s a simple diagram to demonstrate the CRUD operations,

fast forward 12 February,

almost done with the routing part of the backend server. came across express middleware.

configuring CRUD API testing in postman.

going through all the GET, POST, PUT and DELETE calls from postman to the server.