Welcome to Mongate, a template designed to help you quickly build web applications using MongoDB, Express.js, React (NEXT.JS), and Node.js. This template provides a ready-to-use setup with essential features like authentication, database integration, and API routing.

This guide assumes you already have Node.JS, a package manager of your choice, with a basic understanding of JavaScript and React.

1. Clone the Repository

To get started, clone the Mongate repositories to your local machine:

Frontend:

git clone https://github.com/colinguinane1/Mongate-Front-End.git

Backend:

git clone https://github.com/colinguinane1/Mongate-Back-End.git

2. Install Dependencies

Navigate to the project directory and install the dependencies for the frontend and backend:

Frontend:

cd Mongate-Front-End
npm install

Backend:

cd Mongate-Back-End
npm install

You should have an app structure like this:

Back-end:

Front-end:

The back-end has been configured with the popular Nodemon extension to restart the server when changes are detected. You can start both development servers with

npm run dev