mean student backend Node

Steps to set up

1. npm init -y

• create the package.json file.
• This file will have the meta data of your MEAN Stack app,
• It is also known as the manifest file of any NodeJS project.

2. npm install --save body-parser cors express mongoose

• body-parser: The body-parser npm module is a JSON parsing middleware. It helps to parse the JSON data, plain text or a whole object.
• CORS: This is a Node JS package, also known as the express js middleware. It allows enabling CORS with multiple options. It is available through the npm registry.
• Express.js: Express js is a free open source Node js web application framework. It helps in creating web applications and RESTful APIs.
• Mongoose: Mongoose is a MongoDB ODM for Node. It allows you to interact with MongoDB database.

3. npm install nodemon --save-dev Starting a server every time a change is made is a time-consuming task. To get rid of this problem we use nodemon npm module. This package restarts the server automatically every time we make a change. We’ll be installing it locally by using given below command.

4. touch server.js

• create a file by the name of server.js

5. touch db.js

If you are cloning the repo:

git clone https://github.com/prlama55/school_node_back.git

cd school_node_back

npm i

Run project:

npm start