Description
A full-stack Twitter clone app built using Node.js, Express.js, React.js, and MongoDB.
Background
The project was created to test the the experience level Selenium
Getting Started
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine.
Prerequisites
Make sure you have a running MongoDB instance.
Installing MongoDB
you must have an intance of MongoDB running on you computer to run the application.
Please follow the steps below to install the MongoDB Community Edition (If you need to install Install Xcode Command-Line Tools it could take up to 20 minutes)
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/administration/install-community/
Configuration
Copy the server/.env.example file to server/.env and update the values if your configuration is different than the default.
Installing
Install server dependencies
$ cd server
$ npm installInstall client dependencies
$ cd client
$ npm installStart MongoDB instance
brew services start mongodb-community@6.0
Start the server in development mode
$ cd server
$ npm run devIf you run into dependency errors
`use npm audit fix'
If everything was successful, you should see the messages being displayed in the terminal, telling that the server has successfully connected to a MongoDB and runs on a given port.
Start the client
$ cd client
$ npm startNow, the app should be running on http://localhost:3000.