Building a Simple Quora-like platform with Node.js and Express

Have you ever wondered how platforms like Quora manage posts — allowing users to add, edit, view, or delete them? If so, building a basic backend for such a platform is a great way to get hands-on experience with CRUD operations using Node.js and Express.js.

In this blog post, I’ll walk you through a project I built called “Backend Demo of Quora Platform”, a simple yet functional app that mimics the core posting features of Quora.

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🛠 Project Overview

This backend project is all about mastering CRUD operations — Create, Read, Update, and Delete. Here's what the app can do:

• 📥 Create a new post

• 👁 View all posts

• 🔎 View a post in detail at a unique URL

• ✍️ Edit a post

• 🗑 Delete a post

Here’s what the main page (/posts) looks like:

Each post includes options to:

• See in detail (navigates to /posts/:id)

  

• Edit (goes to /posts/:id/edit)

  

• Delete the post

• Create a new post with the Create Post link at the bottom

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📂 Routes in Action

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🧰 Tech Stack

• Node.js – Runtime environment

• Express.js – Web framework for routing and middleware

• EJS – For rendering HTML pages

• Body-parser / Express built-in parsers – For handling form data

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💡 What I Learned

Through this demo, I got a hands-on understanding of:

• RESTful route conventions

• Dynamic routing with Express

• Handling form data with req.body

• Using method-override for PUT and DELETE in forms

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✅ Project Setup

1. Install dependencies:

2.  npm install
   

3. Run the server:

    node app.js
   

4. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000/posts

💡 Purpose

This project was created to practice CRUD operations using Express.js. Ideal for beginners aiming to understand RESTful API structures and dynamic routing.

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Feel free to fork this repo and build on it!
Repo link: https://github.com/itspsycho07/Quora-Backend-Operation.git