ozturk-ozgur/nextjs-mern

A boilerplate for a full-stack MERN application using Next.js, Express, and MongoDB.

Next.js MERN

This is a boilerplate for a full-stack MERN application using Next.js, Express, and MongoDB.

Getting Started Locally

• Clone the repo
• Install dependencies with npm install in the root directory and the client directory
• Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:

MONGODB_URI='YOUR MONGODB URI'
PORT=4000
NODE_ENV='development'

Personal Note: I use MongoDB Atlas with /blogDB as my database name in this project

• Run npm run dev to start the development server

Local ports

• The backend runs on http://localhost:4000
• The client runs on http://localhost:3000

Deployment

• the client and server should be deployed separately
• update clientURL.js file with the correct URL for the client
• update serverURL.ts file with the correct URL for the server

License

• MIT