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🚀 Setup

1️⃣ Create a new project and publish a cluster on MongoDB Atlas.

2️⃣ Run a local database for development setup:
- 💻 This allows you to work offline and speeds up development.

3️⃣ Inside your MongoDB Atlas project:
- 🌐 Click on [Network Access] then [+ Add IP Address].
- 🔑 Enter: 0.0.0.0/0 in the [Access List Entry].
- 🌍 Why: This allows access from your machine and from deployed environments (like Vercel).

4️⃣ Environment variable setup:
- 📝 If you haven’t already, rename .env.example to .env.local.
- 🔗 Then add your connection string to MONGODB_URI inside .env.local.

🛠️ Mongoose (Optional)

  • 🗃️ Why use Mongoose:
  • It simplifies working with MongoDB.

  • It offers helpful features out of the box.

  • 📂 Model organization:

  • Define your models inside the /models folder.

  • Add any new models there.

  • ✅ Frontend optimization:

  • The toJSON plugin has been added to all models to remove the _id and __v fields.
  • If you set private: true on any field, it will be excluded from the response.
  • For example, you can make the email field private so it won’t be sent to the frontend.