csci3100-project-e7

Instuction

You should have nodejs and npm installed, you can install them from https://nodejs.org/en. Any latest version should work fine.

# My envirnoment
- node -v
v18.12.1
- npm -v
8.19.2

1. Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/ansonk4/csci3100-project-e7

2. Go to the folder

cd csci3100-project-e7

3. Open two termial, one for the server and one for the client

Server side

1. go to the backend folder

cd backend

2. build npm dependency

npm install
# ignore all the warning
# if you receieve error, try the following cmd
npm install -force

3. install nodemon

npm i -g nodemon

4. start server

npx nodemon index.js

if successful, you should see Server Port: 3001

Client side

1. go to the frontend folder

cd frontend

2. install npm dependency

npm install
# ignore all the warning
# if you receieve error, try the following cmd
npm install -force

3. start client

npm run start

If successful, you should the website pop up