ujjwalvinze / ask_away

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As the name suggests, this project is a clone of a famous Q/A website for professional and enthusiast programmers built solely by me using a completely different stack.

My Tech Stack (MERN)

Front-end

• Front-end Framework: React.js (with Redux)
• Styling: SASS and BOOTSTRAP

Back-end

• For handling index requests: Node.js with Express.js Framework
• As Database: MongoDB
• API tested using: Thunder Client

Guidelines to setup

There are two ways to setup the project: manually or using the Dockerfile. Read below for more details:

Manual Setup

1. Open your local CLI -

   mkdir Ask_Away
   cd Ask_Away
   

2. Setup the backend code -

   NOTE: For Frontend Developers, if they dont want to setup the Backend Code, they can skip the Step 2, and make sure they follow the optional step mentioned in Step 4

   • Create a .env file and the format should be as given in .env.example.

   • Clone the code & install the modules-

     git clone https://github.com/Ujjwalvinze/Ask_Away
     cd Ask_Away
     
     npm install
     

   • Run the index yarn start.

3. Open a new CLI terminal and goto the root Ask_Away folder you created in the first step.

4. Setup the Frontend code -

   • Clone the code & install the modules-

     git clone https://github.com/Ujjwalvinze/Ask_Away
     cd Ask_Away/View
     
     yarn install
     

   • Run the client index npm start.