• User authentication, authorization, and user-related information
• Course Management: Create, read, dynamic or partial update, and delete courses.
• Review System: Add reviews to courses.
• Pagination and Filtering: Get paginated and filtered lists of courses.
• Best Course Endpoint: Retrieve the best course based on average review rating and count.
• Validation: Input validation using Zod.
• Error Handling: Centralized error handling.

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• Node.js installed
• MongoDB Atlas account (or your local MongoDB server)
• MongoDB connection string
• Your environment variables in a .env file (similar to the provided .env example)

1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/Porgramming-Hero-web-course/l2b2a4-course-review-with-auth-riasat97.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

    cd l2b2a4-course-review-with-auth-riasat97

3. Install dependencies:

    npm install

4. Create a .env file in the root directory and add your environment variables:

    NODE_ENV=development
    PORT=5000
    DATABASE_URL=mongodb+srv://your-username:your-password@cluster0.mongodb.net/your-database?retryWrites=true&w=majority
    BCRYPT_SALT_ROUNDS=12

   Replace your-username, your-password, and your-database with your MongoDB Atlas credentials.

5. Start the application:

    npm run start:dev

   The application will be available at http://localhost:5000.

   API Documentation link: https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/158106/2s9YsDkF4U