MERN-Forum

Fully responsive, multilingual, NodeJs forum app built using Mongoose, ExpressJs, React, Socket.IO, JWT.

Warning

Libraries are out of date. Runs on Nodejs 16

Installation

• Clone and install dependencies

  • git clone https://github.com/xrystalll/MERN-Forum.git

  • cd MERN-Forum

  • npm install

  • And install for client

    • cd client
    • npm install

• Fill environment (rename file .env.development to .env)

  • PORT - Express server port
  • BACKEND - The address where located backend
  • CLIENT - The address where located the react client. The backend and client must point to each other and can be the same if running on the same address
  • MONGODB - Your MongoDB url
  • SECRET - You can generate a secret key by execute the /src/modules/utils/generate_keys.js file in console

• Set backend address for client in file /client/src/support/Constants.js

Launch

• Go to the client folder cd client

• Build client production build with the command npm run build or run with the command npm start

• Run backend with the command npm start or in development mode npm run dev

• Enjoy 🙌

Use

Make the user an admin manually through the database by setting the role value to 3. Then the admin can assign moderators through the frontend.