To Start Local Server -

A. Setting Up the server -

1. Install heroku-cli
2. Install nodemon with npm i -g nodemon
3. Run npm i to install the server-side dependencies
4. Run touch .env then open it and fill it like the sample .env file.
5. Run npm start and make sure the mongo instance is also running.

B. Setting Up the client -

1. Run cd client in separate terminal to change into client directory.
2. In client directory run npm i to install client-side dependencies.
3. In client directory run touch .env and fill stripePubKey=pk_test_-------------- in it .
4. In client directory run npm start .
5. Navigate to localhost:3000 in the browser.

Sample .env file

NODE_ENV=development
port=5000
googleClientID=-------------.apps.googleusercontent.com
googleClientSecret=--------------
mongoURI=mongodb://localhost:27017/merndemodb
cookieKey=---------------
HOST_URL=http://localhost:5000
stripePubKey=pk_test_--------------
stripeSecretKey=sk_test_-------------

Milestones

1. Configure Express to work with React.js via Proxy.
2. Google Oauth2.0 Api.
3. Stripe payment Api.
4. Setup production build to Heroku.
5. Handle multiple env variables for both server and client.
6. Use ES2017 syntax with async/await instead of promises.
7. React with Redux architecture.
8. Session Authentication with Passport.js and Cookies.
9. Create Webhooks for Google and Stripe Apis.
10. Database Management using MongoDB.

Note -

1. Heroku Cli is used for handling environment variables and deploys.
2. To get googleClientID and googleClientSecret make a new project at here and enable the Google+ api.
3. To get stripePubKey and stripeSecretKey create account on Stripe.
4. If you don't have mongodb locally, then create a remote db here