bethanyann / MERNskeleton

Skeleton structure of a MERN application - frontend and backend with a MongoDB instance

MERNskeleton

Skeleton structure of a MERN application - frontend and backend with a MongoDB instance

Install instructions

Backend -

1. Clone the repo and run cd backend and do an npm install
2. Create a .env file in the root of the backend file and create a PORT variable for the port to run on, and MONGO_URI with the mongoDB connection string
3. The run command is npm run dev which will run nodemon to listen for any backend changes
4. If the server runs successfully, there will be a "connected to DB & server ready at http://localhost:PORT

Frontend -

1. The project is built with Vite and React v18 is installed
2. React Router is installed and imported in the App.js file
3. cd frontend and run npm install
4. npm run dev to run the frontend
5. Frontend has a proxy defined to bypass CORS errors during development for port 4000