Step 2: Clone your forked version of this repo locally. To clone, go to your command line / terminal, cd over to an appropriate directory and type in git clone https://github.com/<your GitHub username>/art-exhibit-server.git.
Step 3: cd art-exhibit-server
Step 4: While in the art-exhibit-server directory, install the backend dependencies using npm install or yarn.
Step 5: create a .env file in the root of the project with all your secret credentials inside it. Take a look at the .env.example file.
Step 6: Run the mongodb server on port: 27017 using mongod.
Step 7: While mongod is still running, open a new tab and again cd inside the art-exhibit-server directory and run the backend server using node app.js or using nodemon - nodemon app.js. The backend server will start on localhost:5000.
Note :
Don't forget to close all the running servers before closing the terminal/ command line.
Close all the running servers by visiting to every tab of the terminal the server is running on.