added formatted date and user first name

utils/helpers.js

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module.exports = {
+  format_date: (date) => {
+    // Format date as MM/DD/YYYY
+    return date.toLocaleDateString();
+  },
+
+  /* get_emoji: () => {
+    const randomNum = Math.random();
+
+    // Return a random emoji
+    if (randomNum > 0.7) {
+      return `<span for="img" aria-label="lightbulb">💡</span>`;
+    } else if (randomNum > 0.4) {
+      return `<span for="img" aria-label="laptop">💻</span>`;
+    } else {
+      return `<span for="img" aria-label="gear">⚙️</span>`;
+    }
+  }, */
+};

views/blogpost.handlebars

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <p>fill somethign</p>
   <p>{{content}}</p>
   <p>{{summary}}</p>
-  <p>Created by {{author_id}} on {{created_date}}</p>
+  <p>Created by {{user.fname}} on {{format_date created_date}}</p>
   <p>
     <span for="img" aria-label="money">💲</span>
     <span class="dollar-amount">try</span>

views/homepage.handlebars

@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
         needed!
       </p>
       <p>Created by
-        {{blogpost.author_id}}
+        {{blogpost.user.fname}}
         on
+        {{format_date created_date}}
        </p>
     </div>
     <div class="col-md-7">