Tasty Spoon

This project is a online food/grocery ordering web application developed using MERN stack with PayPal payment gateway implemented.

Requirements

• node >= 14.0.0
• npm >= 6.14.8

Usage

$ git clone https://github.com/OverloadedSam/Tasty-Spoon.git

2. Move to the below locations and run npm install from there

$ cd Tasty-Spoon/frontend/
$ cd Tasty-Spoon/backend/

3. Install project dependencies (For both frontend and backend).

$ npm install

Environment Variables

You have to set the environment variables of your configuration before starting the server.

1. Environment variables for backend

Make a .env file in the Tasty-Spoon/backend/ directory and set following environment variables.

• PORT = 8000
• API = /api/v1
• DB_CONNECTION_STRING = {mongoDB_connection_string}
• SALT = 10
• SECRET = {secret_required_for_jwt}
• JWT_EXPIRY = 1d
• PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID = {your_paypal_client_id}

3. Environment variables for frontend

Place a .env file at Tasty-Spoon/frontend/ directory and set following environment variables.

• REACT_APP_API_UR L= {backend_api_url} // e.g. http://localhost:8000/api/v1

Running The Project

Run backend (Node API)

$ cd backend/ // go to backend directory
$ npm start // run backend with hot reloading.

// or you can run the backend with standard node command
$ node index.js

Run frontend (React app)

$ cd frontend/ // go to frontend directory
$ npm start