1) Open up a new terminal in Visual Studio Code where you have the app folder open 2) Make sure you have the .env file in the backend folder If you have not been given access to this file, create your own with the following structure: MONGODB_URI=yourmongodbconnection CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=yourcloudname CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=yourapikey CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=yourapisecret CLOUDINARY_URL=yourcloudinaryurl JWT_SECRET=somesecret
To install frontend dependencise
3) Type: cd frontend 4) Type: npm install
To install backend dependencies
5) Open up another terminal 6) Type: cd backend 7) Type: npm install
To start app
8) Type: cd backend 9) Type: npm start 10) Open up another terminal 11) Type: cd frontend 12) Type: npm start