MERN Infrastructure Boilerplate

This is a clean template to serve as a useful tool to create full-stack MERN applications with JWT Authorization utilizing the MERN stack, REST Architecture, and MVC Framework.
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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
3. Roadmap
4. Contributing
5. Contact
6. Acknowledgments

About The Project

This application provides all the basic and necessary functionality needed for any MERN Application.

• User Authentication & Authorization
• API Controllers
• MVC Framework
• RESTful Architecture

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Built With

• Mongoose
• MongoDB
• Express.js
• REACT
• Node.js
• JWT

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Getting Started

How to set this up locally

To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps.

Prerequisites

• npm

  npm install npm@latest -g

• node.js Download & install node.js

Installation

1. Get Excited! - Good or bad, you're embarking on a new adventure!
2. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/Antonomy/MERNboilerplate.git

3. Install NPM packages

   npm i

4. Duplicate the .env-example file and rename it to .env.
5. Update MONGO_URI and SECRET to your own.

   MONGO_URI=mongodb+srv://xxx
   SECRET=thiscanbeanythingyouwant
   

6. Start Back-End

   npm run dev
   

7. Start Front-End

   npm run react
   

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Roadmap

• User Sign Up, Login, Logout
• RESTful Architecture
• CRUD Capability
• MVC Framework

See the open issues for a full list of proposed features (and known issues).

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Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star ⭐! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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Contact

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Acknowledgments

• Friends and Family - Life wouldn't be as fun without you in it. Thank you for putting up with me.
• Third Degree Burns Family - We made it through and you were all a part of making me the engineer I am.

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