hassan-mehedi/MERN-template

MERN Template

To use this template, you must follow the steps below:

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies using npm
   • First do npm install in the root directory
   • Then do npm install in the client directory
3. To only run the backend server, run
   • npm start in the root directory
4. To only run the frontend server, run
   • npm run start in the client directory
5. To run both servers, run
   • npm run dev in the root directory

Prerequisites

You need to do the steps below to get the project up and running:

1. Create a MongoDB Atlas account
2. Create a MongoDB database
3. Copy the mongodb://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<database> string
4. Create a config folder in the root directory
5. Create a default.json file in the config folder
   • In that file create a JSON object with the following property:
     • mongoURI: The URL to your MongoDB database
6. Create a db.js file in the root directory
   • In that file create a function that returns a MongoDB connection
   • If you want to know how to create a MongoDB connection then check out the MongoDB connection documentation

Create an issue if you face any problem with the template