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Saud Tauqeer
Courses Plus Student 8,099 PointsNeed help setting up a MERN app.
What should be the best way to setup a MERN app. I want to use react and react router on the front-end with react-strap. And express on the backend. any help is greatly appreciated as im trying to do this for a long while.
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Zack Jackson
30,220 PointsNot quite sure what the question is here. I usually start by setting up Express to serve the app and then set up Mongo. Then I'll build the components and connect them one at a time to achieve the desired action.
Treehouse doesn't really have a course or track centered around building with the MERN stack, but you should be able to pick up all of the components on their own and then piece them together. If not, there is a free youtube course by Traversy Media that covers the stack.
Saud Tauqeer
Courses Plus Student 8,099 PointsSaud Tauqeer
Courses Plus Student 8,099 PointsDo you use create-react-app?
Zack Jackson
30,220 PointsZack Jackson
30,220 PointsYou can and I have before but I have my own boilerplate now with webpack setup.
Saud Tauqeer
Courses Plus Student 8,099 PointsSaud Tauqeer
Courses Plus Student 8,099 PointsCan you give the boilerplate. Would be a great help
Zack Jackson
30,220 PointsZack Jackson
30,220 PointsI don’t have it up on my github. You can make your own pretty easily with or without create React app.
I’d just follow this tutorial and then tailor it to your needs for your project.
https://youtu.be/PBTYxXADG_k