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-<h1>A demo app in node.js illustrating CURD operations using Express, mongoose and Jade</h1>
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-<p>
-  <h3>Steps</h3>
-  <ul>
-    <li>Install mongodb : sudo apt-get install mongodb</li>
-    <li>Install node.js : https://github.com/joyent/node</li>
-    <li>Install npm : curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh</li>
-    <li>git clone git://github.com/madhums/nodejs-express-mongoose-demo.git noobjs</li>
-    <li>cd noobjs</li>
-    <li>npm install</li>
-    <li>node app.js</li>
-    <li>http://localhost:3000/</li>
-  </ul>
-</p>
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+=A demo app in node.js illustrating CURD operations using Express, mongoose and Jade
+
+==Steps
+  Install mongodb : sudo apt-get install mongodb
+  Install node.js : https://github.com/joyent/node
+  Install npm : curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
+  git clone git://github.com/madhums/nodejs-express-mongoose-demo.git noobjs
+  cd noobjs
+  npm install
+  node app.js
+  http://localhost:3000/