Iris — Backend

It's a social app

Iris's Backend. Pair this along with IrisChat/irisfrontend

Running the server

Iris can be accessed online.

To run Iris locally, make sure you have Node.JS and MongoDB Community Server preinstalled.

1. Create an empty directory and load your CLI
2. Clone the frontend and backend separately

$ git clone https://github.com/IrisChat/Iris
$ git clone https://github.com/IrisChat/irisfrontend

3. cd into the backend folder Iris and run

$ npm install

4. Afterward, run the server using npm start

If everything works, the server output should read Iris:Server running on port [8080]

Running the frontend

Next, open a new terminal and navigate to the frontend folder irisfrontend

Enter the following commands:

$ npm install && npm run dev

Now, point your browser to https://localhost:5173 and try creating an account.