Installations

Node

• For Linux:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_13.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

• For Mac:

brew install node

MongoDB

Install the community edition here.

React

npm install -g create-react-app

• To create a new React app:

create-react-app name_of_app

• To run the app, cd into the directory and do:

npm start

Running the boilerplate

• Run Mongo daemon:

sudo mongod

Mongo will be running on port 27017.

• Run Express Backend:

cd backend/
npm install
npm start

• Run React Frontend:

cd frontend
npm install/
npm start

Navigate to http://localhost:3000/ in your browser.

• If you use the dockerised mern app or the hosted site , the the commands are:
  • sudo docker-compose up --build in the parent directory
  • Then open new terminal and write the command
  • hostname -I
  • paste the Address in the browser followed by :3050