Welcome to the MERN Blog Project repository! This project serves as a starting point for developing web applications using the MERN stack, which includes MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js.

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• Node.js installed on your local machine.
• MongoDB installed locally or access to a MongoDB instance (local or cloud-based).

To get started with this project, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine: git clone (https://github.com/aLamba570/mern-blog.git)

2. Navigate to the project directory: cd mern-blog

3. Install dependencies for both the server and client: npm install cd backend npm install cd .. cd frontend npm install

Add Start scripts

4. Set up your environment variables:

• Create a .env file in the root directory based on the provided .env.example.
• Update the environment variables with your MongoDB connection URI and any other necessary configurations.

5. Start the development server: npm run dev

6. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to view the React frontend.

The project structure is organized as follows:

• frontend/: Contains the React.js frontend code.
• backend/: Contains the Node.js and Express.js backend code.
• public/: Contains static files for the frontend.
• models/: Contains database models (if applicable).
• routes/: Contains Express.js routes.
• controllers/: Contains controllers for handling business logic.
• middlewares/: Contains custom middleware functions (if applicable).
• config/: Contains configuration files (e.g., database configuration, environment variables).

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please feel free to open an issue or create a pull request.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.