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NodeJs-ExpressJs-MongodB project to promote open source contribution for hactoberfest'23

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Hacktoberfest23-Real-time-Chat-app-Nodejs

NodeJs-ExpressJs-MongodB project to promote open source contribution for hacktoberfest'23

This project is a sincere attempt by MSTC, DA-IICT to encourage Open Source contribution. Make the best out of the ongoing Hacktoberfest 2023 by contributing to for-the-community projects. This project participates in Hacktoberest 2023 and all successful PRs made here will be counted among the at least 4 successful pull requests that you'd need to make in order to be eligible for the Hacktoberfest appreciation (plant a tree / get a tee).

Requirements

For development, you will need Node.js, Expressjs, MongodB, installed in your environement.

Node

  • Node installation on Windows

    Just go on official Node.js website and download the installer. Also, be sure to have git available in your PATH, npm might need it (You can find git here).

  • Node installation on Ubuntu

    You can install nodejs and npm easily with apt install, just run the following commands.

    $ sudo apt install nodejs
$ sudo apt install npm

  • Other Operating Systems

    You can find more information about the installation on the official Node.js website and the official NPM website.

If the installation was successful, you should be able to run the following command.

$ node --version
v18.17.1

$ npm --version
9.6.7

If you need to update npm, you can make it using npm! Cool right? After running the following command, just open again the command line and be happy.

$ npm install npm -g

ExpressJS installation

$ npm install express

You can find more information about the installation on the official Express website

MongodB

$ npm install mongodb

You can find more information about the installation on the official MongodB website

Running the project

$ npm install

Simple build for production

$ npm run server

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