Final Project for 118W (Apollo Dash)

Follow these steps to get the project up and running:

npm install express mongoose dotenv cors

Navigate to the /server directory and create a .env file:

cd main/server
touch .env

Inside .env, add your MongoDB connection URI and desired port:

MONGO_URI=your_mongo_uri
PORT=5000

Replace your_mongo_uri with your actual MongoDB Atlas connection string. You can use any available port, such as 5000.

To start the Node.js server:

node server.js

You have two options to run your frontend:

Install the Live Server extension (if using VSCode), then right-click your main index.html file and select "Open with Live Server". This will launch the frontend on a browser with live reload support.

If you're serving the frontend from Express, make sure to add static file serving in index.js:

app.use(express.static('public'));