Mern Starter

Installation

  1. Open terminal of your choice and type
git clone https://github.com/mern-stack/mern.git <Your-Project-Name>

  1. CD into the <Your-Project-Name>/backend directory and rename .env.example to .env

  2. Enter PORT number to port of your choice, for example PORT=5000.

     This will be used for running server on the specified port

  3. Enter a secure random string to KEY= in .env

    You can get a secure key from Generate Random Key

    It Is recommended to generate 256 bit Key

  4. Now go to root of your project and run npm run setup in your terminal and we will set everything for you.

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