memories-app

A MERN stack application about recording memories

Purpose

The intention behind this project is to learn about how to build a comprehensive and integrated application with includes multiple different unfamiliar technologies. This project also serves as good practice with technologies I am already familiar with. This application was built by following the JavaScript Mastery tutorial series, which can be found here.

Technologies

• MERN Stack
  • MongoDB^*
  • Express
  • React
  • Node.js
• Other
  • Redux^*
  • Google OAuth^*

^*: Technologies I am unfamiliar with at the beginning of the project

Environment Variables

• PORT: port for the Express server to run on
  • Development: Hard coded within .server/index.js
  • Production: As specified by Heroku / deployment platform
• MONGO_DB_URL: Connection url to MongoDB Cloud Atlas
  • Development: Placed inside .vscode/launch.json
  • Production: Set as an additional environment variable via Heroku / deployment platform