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Clone the GitHub repository onto your local machine.
Use npm install in both packages/react-frontend and packages/express-backend to get the necessary libraries. This requires Node.js and npm to be installed on your computer; follow these steps to do so if you haven't already.
Create a .env file in both packages/react-frontend and packages/express-backend.
In the backend .env, fill out the following fields:
ATLAS_USERNAME=ATLAS_PASSWORD=ATLAS_CLUSTER=SALT=JWT_SECRET=NODE_ENV=Obtain the necessary info given by a team member. This will allow the project to connect to the database and handle authentication.
In the frontend .env, fill out:
REACT_APP_API_ENDPOINT='http://localhost:8000'This will set the proper backend address and port for your local machine.
To run the development environment, in one terminal run npm start in the root folder (or packages/react-frontend), and in another terminal run npm run dev in packages/express-backend. This will run the frontend on localhost:3000, and the backend on localhost:8000. It should automatically open up a webpage with the React app, but you can manually enter the frontend address if necessary.