JohnAisthorpe / Capstone_Book_Shop

Book Shop using MERN, redux, typescript, chakra. with Authentication.

Capstone Book Shop 📚

A simple yet elegant book shop application.

Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up and run the project on your local machine.

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• npm
• MongoDB

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone [e-mail]:JohnAisthorpe/Capstone_Book_Shop.git

cd Capstone_Book_Shop

2. Install the required packages in both the root and client directories:

npm install

cd client

npm install

cd ..

3. Create a .env file in the root directory with your MongoDB connection string:

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string_here

PORT = 4999

TOKEN_SECRET = my_secret

Running the Application

To run the application, simply execute the following command in the root directory:

npm run app

This will start both the backend server and the frontend client.

Now you can visit the Capstone Book Shop application in your browser at http://localhost:3000.

Please give feedback, thanks for looking.