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1. Define a file structure

2. Set up the project on GITHUB.

3. Setting up the database:

   • Name the database in constants file.
   • Install the required npm packages like mongoose and express.
   • Define a function in db/index.js to connect with the database.
   • connect with the database in the index.js file.

4. Call the required middlewares in the app.js file.

5. Create the database and models using mongoose in the models folder.

   • Bcrypt and JWT are used in these files.

   npm i bcrypt jsonwebtoken
   

   • Define apiResponse, apierror and asyncHandler in the utils file.

6. Setting up Cloudinary to handle file uploading.

   • Set up account on Cloudinary
   • Read about multer and fs module.

   npm i multer
   

   • Configure cloudinary and define a function to upload files in utils/cloudinary.js.
   • Define a middleware in middleware to handle unlinking file from local server using multer.

7. Setting up of routes and controllers

   • Setup routes and connect it with multer middleware and controllers.
   • Use everything made till now to design the code to register a user.

8. Test your data through postman.