setup-guide.md

Setup Guide

Steps for setting up in local development:

1. Create a postgreSQL database with schema from ./db/schema.sql

2. Add a .env file to the project root folder with the following information

SESSION_SECRET=[Add your secret here]
JWT_TOKEN_SECRET=[Add your secret here]
DATABASE_URL="postgresql:[Add database location here]"
HOST="localhost"
PORT="8000"

3. Add a .env file to ./client folder with the following information

FAST_REFRESH=false
PORT="3111"

4. At the ./client folder, run command:

npm install

5. At the project root folder, run command:

npm install

6. To start the program, run command at the project root folder:

npm start