A demonstration project that has an API backend that binds to an instance of a MongoDB database and an HTML front end, all running from the same code base. The behavior of the UI is that it generates and stores a random name according to a series of button clicks.
Step 1: Get the code:
git clone https://github.com/reselbob/random-name-gen-app.git
Step 2: Add an entry to .env:
MONGODB_URL=<connection_string_url_to_mongodb_server>
Step 3: Install the dependencies:
npm install
Step 4: Start the server:
node server.js
By default, the app runs on port 8080
To change the port on which the web server is listening, add the following to the .env file in the root of the project's working directory:
SERVER_PORT=<port_number>
WHERE
<port_number> is the number of the port for the web server.
Step 5: Access the front-end web page:
http://localhost:8080/
