User Model and User Registration

In this lesson, we will create a new model User using a migration. Then, we will implement the /signup route using the HTTP POST method that registers a new user. While implementing this route, we will understand how password hashing is used.

Creating a user model

Creating a new model involves the following steps:

1. Creating a migration

2. Running the migration

3. Creating and registering the model

Creating a migration file

We create a new migration with the following command: