MERN React Admin Dashboard with Redux Toolkit Queries

Built following a YouTube tutorial by EdRoh.

Installation

• Install MongoDB onto your computer: Installation Instructions
• Add a .env file to the server directory. Inside add:

MONGO_URL = <url-to-your-mongo-db>
PORT=5001

• Install all the dependencies using:

npm i

• Uncomment the part in server/index.js that talks about importing data. After the first run of the server, make sure to re-comment this.
  

  MERN-admin-dashboard/server/index.js

  Lines 57 to 62 in cd69579

  	// User.insertMany(dataUser);
  	// Product.insertMany(dataProduct);
  	// ProductStat.insertMany(dataProductStat);
  	// Transaction.insertMany(dataTransaction);
  	// OverallStat.insertMany(dataOverallStat);
  	// AffiliateStat.insertMany(dataAffiliateStat);

• Move into your client directory and install all of their dependencies:

npm i

• Add a .env.local file to the client directory. Inside add:

REACT_APP_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5001

• Open up two terminals and run these commands:

cd server
npm run dev

cd client
npm run start

• This should automatically open react, it may take a while to load...