MERN Stack Url Shortner APP

• A complete MERN stack project.

• Make sure you have the LTS version of Node installed.
• Install git for version control.
• Install MongoDB locally. (Resource)

• Step 1: Fork this repo.
• Step 2: Clone your forked version of this repo locally. To clone, go to your command line / terminal, cd over to an appropriate directory and type in git clone https://github.com/<your username>/Mern_Stack_Url_Shortner_App.git.
• Step 3: cd client-app
• Step 4: While in the client-app directory, install the frontend dependencies using npm install or yarn.
• Step 5: cd server
• Step 6: While in the server directory, instlal the backend dependencies using npm install.
• Step 7: Add the .env file in your server-app and add CONNECTION_STRING.
• Step 8: Go to MongoDB atlas and create your DB and use the connection string.
• Step 9: Go inside the server-app directory and run the backend server using npm start or using nodemon - npm run dev. The backend server will start on localhost:5001.
• Step 9: While backend server is still running, open a new tab on the terminal and cd client-app.
• Step 10: Finally start the react app using npm start. The app will start on port 3000 which can be accessed through http://localhost:3000/.

• Don't forget to close all the running servers before closing the terminal/ command line.
• Close all the running servers by visiting to every tab of the terminal the server is running on.
• To close a running server use ctrl+c.

Made with ❤ by Abhineet Deep.