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#[Node-Login](https://nodejs-login.herokuapp.com)

[![node-login](./readme.img/node-login.jpg?raw=true)](https://nodejs-login.herokuapp.com)

###A basic account management system built in Node.js with the following features:

* New User Account Creation
* Secure Password Reset via Email
* Ability to Update / Delete Account
* Session Tracking for Logged-In Users
* Local Cookie Storage for Returning Users
* Blowfish-based Scheme Password Encryption


###Node-Login is built on top of the following libraries :

* [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/) - Application Server
* [Express.js](http://expressjs.com/) - Node.js Web Framework
* [MongoDb](http://mongodb.org/) - Database Storage
* [Jade](http://jade-lang.com/) - HTML Templating Engine
* [Stylus](http://stylus-lang.com/) - CSS Preprocessor
* [EmailJS](http://github.com/eleith/emailjs) - Node.js > SMTP Server Middleware
* [Moment.js](http://momentjs.com/) - Lightweight Date Library
* [Twitter Bootstrap](http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/) - UI Component & Layout Library


##Installation & Setup
1. Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) & [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.org/) if you haven't already.
2. Clone this repository and install its dependencies.
		
		> git clone git://github.com/braitsch/node-login.git node-login
		> cd node-login
		> npm install
		
3. In a separate shell start the MongoDB daemon.

		> mongod

4. From within the node-login directory, start the server.

		> node app
		
5. Open a browser window and navigate to: [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000)

##Password Retrieval

To enable the password retrieval feature it is recommended that you create environment variables for your credentials instead of hard coding them into the [email dispatcher module](https://github.com/braitsch/node-login/blob/master/app/server/modules/email-dispatcher.js).

To do this on OSX you can simply add them to your .profile or .bashrc file.

	export EMAIL_HOST='smtp.gmail.com'
	export EMAIL_USER='your.email@gmail.com'
	export EMAIL_PASS='1234'

[![node-login](./readme.img/retrieve-password.jpg?raw=true)](https://nodejs-login.herokuapp.com)

##Live Demo

A [Live Demo](https://nodejs-login.herokuapp.com) and [some thoughts about the app's architecture.](http://kitchen.braitsch.io/building-a-login-system-in-node-js-and-mongodb/)

For testing purposes you can view a [database dump of all accounts here](https://nodejs-login.herokuapp.com/print).    
Note this database automatically resets every 24 hours.

##Contributing

Questions and suggestions for improvement are welcome.