Brad Traversy - Youtube tutorials 02 - React JS Crash Course 2021

Tutorial video on Youtube

Run:

• npm i to download node_modules
• add .env file with DB_CONNECT environment variable
• netlify dev to run the netlify server

Deployed

• On Netlify

Mayor changes:

• I added back-end to the project
  • I'm using serverless functions on Netlify to keep my secret API key hidden.
  • I'm using mongoose in the serverless function to save the data in a mongoDB database.

Environment variable:

• DB_CONNECT=mongodb://localhost:27017/TasksDB