Pick-A-Person

A small app for picking names out of a hat. Built with Node/Express/React/MongoDB. See live link here: http://pick-a-person.herokuapp.com

Shoutout to Nathan Dalal's wonderful lightweight React/Express template.

Setup and Installation

Clone this repository and enter it:

git clone https://github.com/timmyichen/pick-a-person
cd pick-a-person

Switch to the correct version of node (use install instead of use if not installed) and install the dependencies:

nvm use 8
npm install

In /config, you'll need to create a file called .devKeys.js. The contents of the file should look like this:

module.exports = {
  mongoURI: <YOUR_MONGO_URI_HERE>,
}

(You can create a free MongoDB instance locally or using an online service such as Mongodb Atlas or MLab)

You'll also want to edit clientConfig.js within /config as well to point to wherever you're hosting the server.

Run the server by running npm start. By default, this app runs on port 8080. This can be changed in /config/config.js.

If you want to make changes or run it in devmode, which restarts the server whenever you make a change, use npm run dev.

If you want to make a build of your minified gzipped JS bundle, use npm run build.