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About The Project

The application is used to track and store expenses. This application build using MERN stack

Built With MERN

• MongoDB - Database
• Express JS - Creating Rest End Point
• React JS - Front End
• Node JS - Back End

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

1. MongoDB
2. Node JS
3. NPM
4. React JS

Database

1. Collections -
   • transaction - use to store transaction related information
2. Fields -
   • transaction - _id, text, amount, createdAt

Server - steps to start server side

1. run command ** npm install** to install required modules
2. add config.env file in \server\config dir and provide MONGO_URI for db connection.

MONGO_URI=mongodb://<HOST_NAME>:<PORT>/<DATABASE_NAME>

3. to start server use command npm start

I have also attached POSTMAN collection for rest endpoint reference

Client - steps to start client side

1. set your proxy in client/package.json based on where backend is hosted
2. run command ** npm install** to install required modules
3. to start server use command npm start

Frontend Screenshots

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Production - Steps

• see production branch
  or
• follow steps -
  1. In client folder, run command npm run build
  2. It will create a build dir, that will caontain all static files
  3. copy build dir from client dir and paste it in server dir
  4. set NODE_ENV as production in \server\config
  5. run command npm start to start server in production mode

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