/CS307

implementation of a social media website for Purdue CS307 Spring '22

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Purdue Circle

How to Set Up

  • cd into front-end

    • run the following: npm install

  • cd into server

    • run the following: npm install

  • run the following in the root folder: npm install -g concurrently

  • Create a file in the server folder titled .env - Add the following lines to the file:

        DATABASE_HOST=host

    DATABASE_USER=user

    DATABASE_PASSWORD=password

    DATABASE_DATABASE=database

    EMAIL_FROM_USERNAME=address@gmail.com

    EMAIL_PASSWORD=emailpassword

    EMAIL_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000

    TOKEN_SECRET=secret

    TEST_DATABASE_HOST=

    TEST_DATABASE_USER=

    TEST_DATABASE_PASSWORD=

    TEST_DATABASE_DATABASE=
    • Replace host, user, password, database, email username, and email password as needed
    • To send emails from your own gmail account, you can't use your regular gmail password and will instead need to generate an App Password

How to Run Project

  • Run the following in the root directory to run the server and client at the same time: npm start

  • To run just the server or just the client, run the following command in respective folder: npm start

  • You can also run the following in the root folder to run just the client: npm run front-end

  • Or the following to run just the server: npm run server

  • To install dependencies in both front-end and server from the root folder, run the following: npm run i-all

  • To install dependencies in the front-end from the root folder, run the following: npm run i-front-end

  • To install dependencies in the server from the root folder, run the following: npm run i-server