arravind-r / simple-mern-stack

Simple MERN Stack Boilerplate

Simple MERN Stack Boilerplate - Update Feb, 2019

A Simple MERN Stack Boilerplate To Get Started Fast For Development

Enter "npm start" or "yarn start" to get started.

This Boilerplate is built using MERN stack

1. M - MongoDB
2. E - ExpressJS
3. R - ReactJS
4. N - NodeJS

Hot Reloading and Concurrently

1. Added Webpack Configuration For Hot Reloading - Client Side

2. Added Nodemon for auto-loading - Server Side

3. Added Concurrently For Simultaneously Running Client and Server

Steps to connect with mongoDB

• Create a ".env" file in the server directory of your project
• In that file place the following line

module.exports = { mongoURI: "Your Connection String Here" };

• Eg:- mongoURI: 'mongodb://127.0.0.1/my_mern'

Get Started

To get started, Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/arravind-r/simple-mern-stack.git
cd simple-mern-stack
"npm install" or "yarn install"

Then to install node_modules npm run server in root folder. And for client side, change the directory into client and run install.

cd client
"npm install" or "yarn install"

After installing the node_modules in "client" folder, go back to main or root directory

cd ..

##Final Step Finally run the below command to see it in action

"npm run start:dev"
        or
"yarn run start:dev"

HELP NOTE: If any of you could help improve this boilerplate, please do.