social-media-app

Set-up

1. Ensure Node is installed (to verify, run npm -v in Terminal)
2. Run the client environment
   1. cd into /client.
   2. Run npm install in Terminal. This installs current existing dependencies.
   3. Run npm run dev.
   4. Open the URL provided in the terminal (e.g., http://localhost:5173/)
3. Run the server environment
   1. cd into /server.
   2. Run npm run dev.

Recommended: Postman API

Postman API is a helpful tool to test API development by allowing us to create and run mock API calls to our server, as well as observe the responses.

1. Create an account on https://www.postman.com/.
2. Open up a workspace.
3. In the Collections tab (left-hand side), press the + button to create a new blank collection.
4. In your collection, open the Variables tab.
   1. You can define variables to include in your requests (e.g., set url to http://localhost:3000)
5. Create a New Request.
   1. In the field Enter URL or paste text, enter the base URL with the endpoint you want to test
      1. e.g., {{url}}/login
   2. Include any query parameters in the list below the text field.
6. Press Send, located top-right.
   1. The response is displayed at the bottom tab of the window.