asperitas new github desktop

Asperitas is a full stack reddit clone that I wrote to learn more about Node.js, React, and NoSQL databases. The name asperitas comes from a type of cloud. Edit from vscode

Installation

Prerequisites

• node
• npm
• mongodb

1. Clone this repository

2. Install server dependencies

   $ npm install

3. Install client dependencies

   $ cd client
   $ npm install

Run the app

1. Start mongodb locally

   $ mongod

2. Start the server

   $ npm start

3. Start the client

   $ cd client
   $ npm start

4. Browse to http://localhost:3000/

MongoDB Cloud Config

By default the server will be connected to local mongod server. But if you want to connect a cloud MongoDB create a environment variable called DATABASE_URL and puth MongoDB Cloud URI as its value.

Email Handler Config

For email handling server is using SendGrid: https://sendgrid.com/

To configure you need to add these environment variables:

1. SENDGRID_API_KEY (The API key provided by sendgrid)
2. SENDGRID_SENDER (Sender email address of the app)
3. SERVER_URL (Complete url of server e.g http://localhost:8080 for properly managing redirections and links)

Testing

Server

Make sure mongodb is running before testing the server.

$ npm test

Client

$ cd client
$ npm test

License

This project is made available under the MIT License.