MERN Boiler Plate

How to create your new MERN app:

run this command to install boiler plate globally in your machine:

npm install mern-boilerplate -g

Now go to the dir you want your app to be in then run this command:

mern-boilerplate create <dirname>

Do not put braces and name should be all lowercase without any space(use - or _ instead)

Now you will have an app in the dir you mentioned in the cmd above

Run the Express server

just run:

npm install

npm start

Run seeder script to get dummy data

npm run seeder

NOTE:

• You should have MongoDB installed in your machine to generate dummy data in DB.

You will get everything setup for your Node and Express backend.

Get ready to develop your front-end with React

cd client

npm install

For Development:

npm run dev

For Production :

npm run prod

NOTE:

• Your backend or prod will be on localhost:5000 and front-end will on localhost:3000 in dev
• Please make a .env file and PORT=your env PORT