MERN Template based on Clementine.js

Overview

This MERN Template is a boilerplate for fullstack JavaScript development which utilizes MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js.

This is a modified version of the Free Code Camp version of Clementine.js by Blake Johnston. I have added React and React-Redux to the stack, as well as configuring Gulp and Webpack for building the front-end, Karma and Mocha for running unit tests on both the client-side and server-side applications, and Istanbul for verifying code coverage of your unit tests.

This boilerplate aims to be completely pre-configured for immediately developing a new Full-Stack MERN application.

Quick Start Guide

Prerequisites

In order to use this template, you must have the following installed:

• Node.js
• NPM
• MongoDB
• Git

Installation & Startup

To install this template, simply enter the below in the terminal window:

$ git clone https://github.com/tjscollins/mern-template.git your-project

To install the dependencies, enter the following in your terminal:

$ cd your-project
$ yarn install

This will install the required components into the your-project directory.

Local Environment Variables

Create a file named .env in the root directory. This file should contain:

GITHUB_KEY=your-client-id-here
GITHUB_SECRET=your-client-secret-here
MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/clementinejs
PORT=8080
APP_URL=http://localhost:8080/

Starting the App

To start the app, make sure you're in the project directory and type node server.js into the terminal. This will start the Node server and connect to MongoDB.

You should see the following messages within the terminal window:

Node.js listening on port 8080...

Next, open your browser and enter http://localhost:8080/. Congrats, you're up and running!

License

MIT License. Click here for more information.