mustan-ali / Byte-Blog

Blog related to technology built using MERN Stack.

Setting Up Environment Variables

1. In the Backend folder, create an .env file with the following content:

   PORT=<backend-port>
   MONGO_URL=<database-connection-string>
   JWT_SECRET=<jwt-secret-key>
   FrontendURL=<react-frontend-url>

2. In the Frontend folder, create an .env file with the following content:

   REACT_APP_BACKEND_URL=<backend-url>

Running the Application

1. In the Backend folder, run the following commands:

   npm install

   node index.js

2. In the Frontend folder, run the following commands:

   npm install

   npm start