Back-End Repo for Node/React Practicum

This will be the API for the front-end React app part of your practicum project.

These instructions are for the front-end team so they can setup their local development environment to run both the back-end server and their front-end app. You can go through these steps during your first group meeting in case you need assistance from your mentors.

The back-end server will be running on port 8000. The front-end app will be running on port 3000. You will need to run both the back-end server and the front-end app at the same time to test your app.

Setting up local development environment

1. Create a folder to contain both the front-end and back-end repos
2. Clone this repository to that folder
3. Run npm install to install dependencies
4. Pull the latest version of the main branch (when needed)
5. Run npm run dev to start the development server
6. Open http://localhost:8000/api/v1/ with your browser to test.
7. Your back-end server is now running. You can now run the front-end app.

Running the back-end server in Visual Studio Code

Note: In the below example, the group's front-end repository was named bb-practicum-team1-front and the back-end repository was named bb-practicum-team-1-back. Your repository will have a different name, but the rest should look the same.

Testing the back-end server API in the browser

Update the .node-version file to match the version of Node.js the team is using. This is used by Render.com to deploy the app.