This repository contains a website developed for booking hotels, flights, tours, etc. In addition,
it includes a booking management section designed for hotel managers to add information and pictures
of the hotel. The backend of the website under the Backend directory is developed using NodeJS, and the frontend
under the Frontend directory is developed using VueJS. For the database, we used MongoDB
to store customer information, hotel information, and reservation information. Here I'm going to explain how to run
the website on Ubuntu. You can find similar commands to run the website on an arbitrary OS.
For installing MongoDB on your computer, please follow this link. After installing MongoDB, you should run it so that the server can access it for reading and storing data. To run MongoDB on linux, run the following code:
$ sudo systemctl start mongod
If you receive an error similar to the following when starting MongoDB:
Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found.
Run the following command first:
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
After running MongoDB, verify that it has started successfully by running the following command:
$ sudo systemctl status mongod
You can stop the MongoDB process by issuing the following command:
$ sudo systemctl stop mongod
And then you can restart it by issuing the following command:
$ sudo systemctl restart mongod
In order to run the server, you should first have version 8 of NodeJS installed. The best way to do that is to use
nvm (Node Version Manager). For installing nvm please follow the information on its GitHub repository.
After installing nvm, run the following command to use node version 8 if you have installed nvm for the first time:
$ nvm install 8
Now using node v8.17.0 (npm v6.13.4)
If you have already installed node v8 using nvm, then run the following command to use node version 8:
$ nvm use 8
Now using node v8.17.0 (npm v6.13.4)
Check whether you have the right NodeJS loaded by issuing the following command:
$ node -v
v8.17.0
Then go to the Backend directory and run the following command to install the required dependencies.
$ npm install
and then in order to run the server, issue the following command:
$ npm run dev
If you have installed everything successfully, then the server would listen on port 5000:
server is listening on port 5000!
The frontend is developed using VueJS. You should use node version 8 for the frontend as well. After running $ nvm use 8, go to the Frontend
directory and run the following command to install the required dependencies:
$ npm install
Then run
$ npm run dev
to run the frontend. If all the steps were successful, you should see the frontend of the website running on http://localhost:8080/.
To see different parts, you should sign in first, or if you haven't registered yet, you should signup. Also, if you have logged in as the admin, you can see features like adding and updating hotel information. The admin role should be defined by the server's admin in the database.