Complete LMS Admin Panel Development in Node & Express Js

Download the admin theme from the official site and place it into the node-express folder, then install and run express generator to scaffold the app with an ejs view.

Explore the Express generator folder structure, including package.json, app.js, routes, views, and public assets. Learn to install dependencies with npm install and run the app on port 3000.

Learn to install essential node packages for the LMS admin panel, including sequelize, sequelize-cli, nodemon, bcrypt, express-fileupload, express-session, and express-flash, via a single npm install command.

Model and explore the LMS database tables and their columns: admins, categories, options, users, books, and issue records, along with primary keys, foreign keys, statuses, and timestamps.

Learn how to run the sequelize init command to scaffold a node application, creating config, migrations, and models folders to enable database interaction.

Explore Sequelize initial command folders, including config, migrations, models, and seeds. Learn to manage development versus production database connections and run migrations.

Generate models and migrations for admin, categories, options, users, and settings using sequelize. Define fields like id, name, email, password, mobile, address, and status, plus created_at and updated_at.

Build and migrate book, category, and issue_book models for an lms admin panel, defining foreign keys, attributes, and status enums with default timestamps in node and express.

Modify and extend migrations and models to add option fields, remove timestamps, define enum values, set defaults, and establish foreign key references for categories, books, and users.

Develop models and migrations in the Node and Express LMS admin panel, wire foreign keys (category_id, book_id, user_id), and configure timestamps, defaults, and enums via sequelize for the database.

Configure a Node and Express admin theme by setting up routes and rendering the admin dashboard. Build a left sidebar, header, and body content for the admin task board.

Fix the missing assets error by copying the dist and plugins folders into the public directory and configuring the app to serve these assets for the admin panel.

Learn to create and load partial layouts in an admin panel using ejs, integrating the header, sidebar, top nav, and footer as reusable partials.

Customize the LMS admin panel by building and arranging menus and partials for the left sidebar and top navigation, including dashboard, category, book, user, issue, return, and currency settings.

Modify the admin panel's top navigation and footer by removing home, contact, and search elements, adjust right icons to a user icon, and update the footer to 2020–2021.

Refine the LMS admin dashboard by trimming the task board and aligning the left sidebar and top navigation with dark analytics cards showing total categories, books, and users.

Develop the add category layout for the complete LMS admin panel, building a responsive form with category name and status on a sm six grid and integrating shared partials.

Create and integrate a list category page in the LMS admin panel using data tables, enabling pagination and search, and link css/js plugins to render a functional table.

Create the add book layout and form for the book module, including category, description, amount, image, auto, and status with Bootstrap form controls.

Develop the list book page in the complete lms admin panel by adapting the existing list category layout, configuring columns—cover image, book name, category name, amount, status—and action buttons.

Create an add user layout in the LMS admin panel using Node and Express, setting up a route and view with fields for name, email, mobile, gender, address, and status.

Create a list-user view in the admin panel, update the list-user template and labels, define columns (name, email, mobile, status, address, actions), and integrate it into the layout.

Design the issue a book page in LMS admin panel under issue management, with category, book, and user dropdowns and a days field tied to settings, mapping issue_date and return_date.

Build a complete issue list and history page for a Node and Express LMS admin panel, using foreign key associations to display category, book, user names, issue days, and returns.

Add a return book feature in the admin panel with two dropdowns to select a user and a book, and submit to toggle is_returned.

Create the return list layout for the LMS admin panel, binding a data table to show category, book, user, return date, and issue date, with template wiring and navigation.

Create a currency settings page with a USD, INR, and euro dropdown in an LMS admin panel, saving the selection to the database.

Define how many days a user can view or have a book issued using the days settings panel and its admin layout and data table bindings.

Integrate client-side form validation for the create category form using a validation plugin, including the plugin script, applying required attributes, and styling errors in red for clear feedback.

Add a new category in the admin panel by loading the category model, handling a post request to save name and status, then redirect and show a fast message.

Learn to implement flash messages in a Node and Express admin panel by integrating express-flash and express-session, configuring routes, and displaying success or error alerts when creating a category.

Check category existence before creating a new category in the admin panel, using sequelize operators to prevent duplicates and save the new category to the database.

Fetch all categories with the category model.find, pass them to the list template, and render each category with id, name, status (active or inactive) and action buttons add and delete.

Develop the edit category layout for the admin panel in a Node and Express app, loading category data by id and pre-filling the form with name and status for update.

Update and save category data in the complete LMS admin panel built with Node and Express Js, ensuring category name and ID consistency and status updates.

Demonstrates deleting a category row in the LMS admin panel by posting to admin delete category with the category id, after a confirmation alert and flash handling.

Create and save a book in the LMS admin panel by loading active categories, populating a category dropdown, and handling multipart form data with image uploads via express file upload.

Create and save a book by uploading an image, moving it to public/uploads, and persisting book data (category id, description, amount, image, status) using the book model.

Implement cover image validation for the Node and Express LMS admin panel by restricting uploads to allowed image extensions and MIME types to ensure only valid image files are accepted.

List all books in the admin panel by fetching books with their categories via a foreign key, rendering them in a data table with images, statuses, and action buttons.

Edit book layout teaches admins to update and populate book data—title, description, amount, category, status, and cover image—by passing data to the layout and rendering existing values.

Update and save book data in the Node and Express.js LMS admin panel by handling post requests, validating inputs, and conditionally updating the cover image.

Delete a book row by clicking a delete button that submits a hidden form. Use Sequelize destroy to remove the book by id, with confirmation and feedback.

Create and save user data in a node and express app by posting validated form inputs to the user model, storing name, email, mobile, gender, address, and status.

Implement an email existence checkpoint in the LMS admin panel by querying the user model with findOne on the email field and preventing duplicates during user creation.

List user data from database using the user model and render it in a data table showing name, email, mobile, and status (active or inactive), with edit and delete actions.

Develop the edit user layout for the complete lms admin panel in Node and Express.js. Fetch user by id, render a prefilled form with name, email, mobile, and status.

Learn to update and save user data in a Node and Express js LMS admin panel, preserving email uniqueness by making it read-only and updating via user id.

Integrate a delete user data row in the user module with a form posting to delete-user, a hidden id, a confirmation, and a redirect to the user list.

Implement issue a book flow in node and express, populate category and user dropdowns, load books by category via ajax, and issue to a user for 30 days.

This lecture demonstrates implementing an AJAX-driven category to book lookup in the LMS admin panel, using Node and Express. It shows posting category_id and populating the book dropdown.

Implement issue book functionality in a node and express js LMS panel, covering form, post requests, client-side validation, inserting records into the issue_books table, and a two-book per user limit.

This lecture implements a per-user issue limit in the LMS admin panel, enforcing a maximum of two unreturned books per user and preventing duplicate book issuance.

Learn to build an issue book list in a Node.js LMS admin panel by joining category, book, and user data, filtering by unreturned status, and displaying issue date.

Implement the return book feature in the admin panel by listing active users in a dropdown and loading each user's issued books via a Sequelize query.

implement an ajax request to list all books issued to a selected user, loading book names via an associated book model, and returning a json response with status and books.

Implements the return a book feature in a Node and Express admin panel, listing user books and updating the issues table when a book is returned.

Develop the books return list in the LMS admin panel, displaying returned books with is_returned and return date. Maintain return history alongside issue history for accurate records.

Implement currency settings in the admin panel by saving the selected currency to the options table, handling insert or update via a post route, and display it across panels.

Fetch the active currency from the options data and render its symbol beside all amount fields across the LMS admin panel, including modules, books, and alerts.

Build and validate the days settings panel in the LMS admin, using a number input, client-side validation, and saving to the D settings table with duplicate checks and flash messages.

Build a days settings panel in Node and Express for the LMS admin, listing all days in a data table and enabling delete via a form submission using day id.

Develop a dynamic issue-book days dropdown in the admin panel by querying D settings for active records and rendering them in the template.

Learn to replace static dashboard counts with dynamic totals for categories, books, and users by querying the database and wiring more info links to the corresponding list pages.