Buy and Sell At BPHC

Frontend-> React JS

Backend-> Node JS & Express JS

Database-> MongoDB

Installation process

1. clone the repo using this command

   git clone https://github.com/neha-gunta/Buy-And-Sell-At-BPHC.git

2. install npm packages

   1. install backend packages

   cd mern-ecommerce
   npm install

   2. install frontend packages

   cd client
   npm install

3. go to the parent folder of mern-ecommerce & create .env for connection, JWT_SECRET, BRAINTREE_MERCHANT_ID, BRAINTREE_PUBLIC_KEY and BRAINTREE_PRIVATE_KEY.

   cd mern-ecommerce
   sudo nano .env

   (ctrl+x to save & nano follow instruction there)

   sample code for backend .env

   MONGODB_URI=YOUR_MONGODB_URI
   JWT_SECRET=YOUR_JWT_SECRET
   

4. create another .env file inside client directory for REACT_APP_API_URL.

   cd mern-ecommerce/client
   sudo nano .env

   sample code for frontend .env

   REACT_APP_API_URL=YOUR_API_URL

   Instructions:

   1. for mongodb atlas database creation follow this tutorial->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKyag6t98g8
   2. you can use any random string as JWTSECRET
   3. for localhost REACT_APP_API_URL is http://localhost:5000/api but for heroku (server deployment) it will be different

   4. note: add .env on .gitignore

   5. for server deployment use secrets directly

5. deploy this project on your local server by using this command

   cd mern-ecommerce
   npm run dev

   note: both backend & frontend server will start at once with the above command.