Basic MERN Boilerplate
This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.
Enviornment
Since this is a MERN boilerplate it does expect a mongoDB connection url. See .env.example in /config.
environments are split up -> the environment for dev is .env.development and prod is .env.production.
PORT=8000
MONGO_CONNECTION_STRING=Starting the app:
This boilerplate has a few scripts. It uses npm-run-all to run multiple scripts in parallel or sequence, check the package.json for more information.
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
dev:start |
Starts React and the node express server in development environment |
dev:server:start |
Starts the express server in development environment |
start |
Starts the server in production mode (This expects the React app to have been built) |
build |
Runs available tests before building the react application |