Purdue Circle

How to Set Up

• cd into front-end

  • run the following: npm install

• cd into server

  • run the following: npm install

• run the following in the root folder: npm install -g concurrently

• Create a file in the server folder titled .env - Add the following lines to the file:

      DATABASE_HOST=host
  
      DATABASE_USER=user
  
      DATABASE_PASSWORD=password
  
      DATABASE_DATABASE=database
  
      EMAIL_FROM_USERNAME=address@gmail.com
  
      EMAIL_PASSWORD=emailpassword
  
      EMAIL_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
  
      TOKEN_SECRET=secret
  
      TEST_DATABASE_HOST=
  
      TEST_DATABASE_USER=
  
      TEST_DATABASE_PASSWORD=
  
      TEST_DATABASE_DATABASE=
  

  • Replace host, user, password, database, email username, and email password as needed
  • To send emails from your own gmail account, you can't use your regular gmail password and will instead need to generate an App Password

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How to Run Project

• Run the following in the root directory to run the server and client at the same time: npm start

• To run just the server or just the client, run the following command in respective folder: npm start

• You can also run the following in the root folder to run just the client: npm run front-end

• Or the following to run just the server: npm run server

• To install dependencies in both front-end and server from the root folder, run the following: npm run i-all

• To install dependencies in the front-end from the root folder, run the following: npm run i-front-end

• To install dependencies in the server from the root folder, run the following: npm run i-server

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