edgarcheverier / nanny-express-server

Nanny-Express-server

Nanny Express is a platform to find and share contact details of nannies. Users connect trough facebook, and can see the contact details of nannies posted by their friends. Nanny Express is open and free to use.

Running the Backend

Prerequisite

• [npm] (https://www.npmjs.com/)
• [MongoDB] (https://www.mongodb.com/)
• [Node] (https://nodejs.org/en/)

Steps

1. Clone the repo
2. Set up MongoDB
3. Create the env file
4. Run the server
5. You are ready to set up the front end!

1. Clone the Repo

Clone the Nanny-Express-server code locally. In a terminal, run:

git clone https://github.com/edgarcheverier/Nanny-Express-server.git

navigate to the server folder and run:

npm install

2. Set up MongoDB

In the terminal, run:

sudo apt-get mongodb

in the terminal, start the MongoDb, run:

mongod

3. Create the env file

In your text editor create the .env file using the env.example

4. Run the server

Start the server, run:

npm start

5. You are ready to set up the front end!

Navigate to Nanny-Express-client and follow the instructions in the README.md to finish the setup and run the application.

Project Contributors

Edgar Cheverier - Github - LinkedIn

Christopher Harju - Github - LinkedIn

Jon Portella - Github - LinkedIn

• Cristina Guimaraes, Original Project Idea

Project status

This project is a fresh start of Cristina Guimaraes original Nanny-Express project.