Pre-requisites

Node

Instructions

Clone repository

git clone [email protected]:johnlinnane/secure-prog-app.git

Install App and Dependencies

cd into secure-prog-app/client folder

run this:
npm install

cd into secure-prog-app/server folder

run this:
npm install

Start Server

cd into secure-prog-app/server

run this:

nodemon server

Start Front-end

cd into secure-prog-app/client

run this:

npm start

Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:5000 to view it in the browser.

Will need to get the secure-prog-app/.env file off me, which contains the secret environmental variables

React

this project is using ReactJS

the file that's sent to the broser is secure-prog-app/client/public/index.html
which is then populated by secure-prog-app/client/src/index.js
which draws from the other javascript files in the src folder

Youtube: Node.js Tutorial For Absolute Beginners
Youtube: Node.js Crash Course
Youtube: A High Level Overview of React
Youtube: Simple Passport Local Authentication w/ React & Node.js

MongoDB

App is running on a free cloud version of MongoDB at the moment. I plan to run an instance on the server once the site is in order.