Building a blog with Realm Node.js and Express

Create a directory named realm-blog:

mkdir realm-blog

Go to the project folder:

cd realm-blog

Initialize the Node.js project:

npm init

Example of init:

name: (realm-blog)
version: 1.0.0
description: Realm Blog
entry point: (index.js)
test command:
git repository:
keywords:
author:
license: (ISC)

Use Express to handle web requests, Realm or the database, Embeded JavaSxript(EJS) to process its templates, body-parser o parse the queries which are passed from the form.

npm install --save express
npm install --save realm
npm install --save ejs
npm install --save body-parser

Install nodemon

The server will restart whenever you modify the code. npm install -g nodemon

Make changes in package.json folder:

{
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "serve": "nodemon index.js"
  },
  ...
}

Run the test server:

npm run serve

Source

Tutorial

Github