DevConnector Application (MERN Stack Personal Project)

Backend Dependencies

• Node.js: v20.16.0

Frontend Dependencies

Installing Dependencies

To install all of the dependencies, run the following commands in the root directory:

npm install

Environment Variables

Create an default.json file in the config directory and add the keys:

mongoURI=mongo_db_connection_string jwtSecret=your_jwt_secret jwtExpirationTime=default is 3600 (its in milliseconds) githubClientId=go to github.com/settings/applications to find githubSecret=go to github.com/settings/applications to create

Running Application

npm run server

The server will auto-restart everytime that the source code is updated