MERN DASHBOARD

Stack Used:

• Backend with Node and Express
• React frontend
• MongoDB for database

Usage

• Create a MongoDB database and obtain your MongoDB URI - MongoDB Atlas

Env Variables

Rename the .env.example file to .env and add the following

NODE_ENV = development
PORT = 5000
MONGO_URI = your mongodb uri
JWT_SECRET = 'abc123'

Dependencies for backend

"dependencies": {
    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
    "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
    "express": "^4.18.2",
    "express-async-handler": "^1.2.0",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
    "mongoose": "^7.2.0"
  },

Install Dependencies (frontend & backend)

npm install
cd frontend
npm install

Run

# Run frontend (:3000) & backend (:5000)
npm run dev

# Run backend only
npm run server

Build & Deploy

# Create frontend prod build
cd frontend
npm run build