e-Commerce MERN stack application

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Env Variables

PORT note: if you're using an apple device, you might want to use PORT = 4000, since Apple uses PORT 5000 for Apple Airplay receiver by default

Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:

NODE_ENV = development
PORT = 5000
MONGO_URI = your mongodb uri
JWT_SECRET = 'abc123'
PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID = your paypal client id

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Installation

Install needed dependencies for frontend and backend:

npm install
cd frontend
npm install

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Running development server

PORT note: you might want to change this backend port on Apple devices as well

# Run frontend (:3000) & backend (:5000)
npm run dev

# Run backend only
npm run server

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Production building and deploying

# Create frontend production build
cd frontend
npm run build

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How to run tests?

To run tests, clone the project and install the dependencies. Now to run the tests we want to go into the frontend directory of the project and run the command: npm run test or npm run test:coverage to run our testing coverage.*

*The app is not fully tested, so if you would like to test this application and contribute, just fork the project, make your changes and open a pull request :)