In this project, I built a fully functional Ecommerce website, which contains several features such as authentication, upload pictures, admin managament, pagination, PayPal API for handling payment. The website is built from the inside out using MERN stack technology.

Technology: React, Redux, NodeJs, CSS, HTML, JavaScript.

Add a .env file in root folder with the following without <> tags

  NODE_ENV = development
  PORT = 5000
  MONGO_URI = <your_mongoDB_Atlas_uri_with_credentials>
  JWT_SECRET = <your_JWT_secret>
  PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID = <your_PayPal_client_ID>

npm install

cd frontend
npm install

npm run dev

Now you can check the site on http://localhost:3000/

Running a build in the frontend

cd frontend
npm run build

In .env file change

  NODE_ENV = production

After running a build in the frontend 👆, cd into the root of the project. And run...

Linux/Unix

node server.js

Windows Cmd Prompt or Powershell

node server.js

Check in browser on http://localhost:5000/