ga-sei-lessons / MERN-auth-server

MERN Auth Server

Server starter code for project 3

Getting Setup

If you are a git manager for the server

• clone this repo down directly, do not fork it
  • you can use git clone < cloning url > < your project name > to name the directory it is cloned into
• cd into the directory you just cloned
• run rm -rf .git to delete the git repo
• run git init to create a fresh git repo
• add and commit the code
• create a new repo on github that will be your origin and your group's upstream
• copy the code chunk from github "...or push an existing repository from the command line."
• share the repos url with your teammates so they can fork it

If you are a contributor

• fork your backend repo manger's code
• clone your fork of the code and cd into the directory
• run git remote add upstream < your frontend repo manager's cloning url >
• check your work with git remote -v
  • origin should refer to your fork
  • upstream should refer to your git manager's repo

Steps for everyone to get the code running

• touch .env
• add the following to the .env file:

# jwt secret for signing json web tokens -- can be any string
JWT_SECRET="mysecretmessage"

• run npm i to install the required packages
• run nodemon or node . start the server