README.md

Real Time Twitter Stream with Node and React

Code repository for the tutorial by @kenwheeler: Build A Real-Time Twitter Stream with Node and React.js

Requirements

• node and npm

How to Use

1. Clone the repo: git clone git@github.com:scotch-io/react-tweets
2. Go into folder: cd react-tweets
3. Install dependencies: npm install
4. Create local MongoDB database called react-tweets (configured in server.js)
5. Replace credentials for Twitter API (configured in config.js)
6. Start the app: node server.js
7. View in browser at: http://localhost:8080
8. Tweet away!