jluong23 / task-tracker

MERN Stack project to track tasks with authentication and login system,

Task / To-do Tracker

Following the MERN Stack Tutorial by The Net Ninja here.

Running the Project

• Create a .env file in backend, following the structure from example.env.

  • MONGO_URI and JWT_SECRET values are provided by the repository owners.

• Starting the backend express server:

  • In the backend directory, run npm install.
  • Start the server with npm run dev, running on port 5000. (specified in .env)
  • If successful, the server will print Connected to database and show incoming HTTP requests.

• Starting the React Frontend:

  • In a separate terminal and in the frontend directory, run npm install
  • Start the Frontend with npm start, running on port 3000.