MyHackount

This is a social network for developers. It is a MERN stack app that includes authentication, profiles and forum posts.

Technologies used within this project

Backend:

• NodeJS
• MongoDB
• Express
• JWT

Frontend

• ReactJS
• SASS
• Redux

Project setup

Backend:

Environment variable

# ./config/.env
PORT=     # enter the API port (by default is 5000)
APP_URL=http://localhost:3000
DB_USER_PASS=<username>:<password>
TOKEN_SECRET=     # enter a random secret token (exemple: "63e45d11c84d424")

Connect database

// ./config/db.js
/*
add your path URL to connect at your Mongo DataBase
for exemple :
*/
'mongodb+srv://' + process.env.DB_USER_PASS + '@cluster0.t023j84.mongodb.net/<dbname>'
// or
;('mongodb://localhost:27017/<dbname>')

Frontend

Environment variable

# ./app/.env
REACT_APP_API_URL=http://localhost:<API port>

Go to the folder data and adding the post.json and users.json to Mongo DataBase.

Run App

Backend

# ./(root_dir)
npm i
npm start

Frontend

cd app
# ./app
npm i
npm start