webstar1027/NodeServer

Full Stack Challenge

Code Challenge project for Top Coder

This is a MERN stack application.

Quick Start 🚀

Add a default.json file in config folder with the following

{
  "mongoURI": "<your_mongoDB_Atlas_uri_with_credentials>",
  "jwtSecret": "secret",
  "githubToken": "<yoursecrectaccesstoken>"
}

Install server dependencies

npm install

Install client dependencies

cd client
npm install

Run both Express & React from root

npm run dev

Build for production

cd client
npm run build

Test production before deploy

After running a build in the client 👆, cd into the root of the project.
And run...

Linux/Unix

NODE_ENV=production node server.js

Windows Cmd Prompt or Powershell

$env:NODE_ENV="production"
node server.js

Check in browser on http://localhost:5000/

Author

Angel Mic [Personal Website] (http://jupiter1206.github.io)