We will implement the user model in the server/models/user.model.js file, using Mongoose to define the schema with the necessary user data fields, to add built-in validation for the fields and to incorporate business logic such as password encryption, authentication, and custom validation.
We will begin by importing the mongoose module and use it to generate a UserSchema.
mern-skeleton/server/models/user.model.js:
import mongoose from 'mongoose'const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({ … })
The mongoose.Schema() function takes a schema definition object as a parameter to generate a new Mongoose schema object that can be used in the rest of the backend code.
