Features

• Simple frontend built using React
  • If you don't want to use React, just delete the contents of frontend and use plain HTML
• Simple backend app using NodeJS

Installation

To use this skeleton you will need the following tools:

• node: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
• MongoDB Community Server: https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community
• MongoDB Compass: https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/compass

Note: MongoDB Community Server installer will prompt you to install MongoDB Compass, you can check the box and skip last step

Other recommended tools for developing applications:

• Postman: https://www.postman.com/downloads/

This skeleton consists of 2 applications that need to be installed using npm:

• To install backend, run command cd .\backend\ from project root directory and then install with command npm i
• Similarly, install frontend from frontend folder

Running

The 2 applications need to be run separately:

• To start backend, go to backend folder and run command npm start
  • Backend might also need nodemon to start, run command npm i -g nodemon from backend folder to install nodemon
• Similarly start frontend from frontend folder

Important!!!

Do NOT fork this repository, the fork will be public!

Instead, download code as .zip archive and copy into your personal project directory if you want to use it.