Express Backend with Static Frontend

This project provides a simple Express.js backend with a static frontend. It includes a reusable menu component on two pages and an example API endpoint.

Prerequisites

• Node.js installed on your machine.
• A GitHub account.

Steps

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Corentin-Robac/my-express-backend.git

2. Install dependencies

Navigate to the backend folder and install Node.js dependencies:

cd my-express-backend/backend
npm run install-dependencies

3. Configure GitHub credentials

Edit the .env file with your GitHub credentials:

PORT=3000
GITHUB_USERNAME=your-github-username
GITHUB_REPO=your-repo-name

3.5. Add .env file to .gitignore

.env

4. Set up your Git repository

To remove the current Git origin and link your own GitHub repository using the information in the .env file, run the following:

npm run setup-repo

4.5. Push to Git repo

Create your repo on Github with same credentials from .env file then run:

cd ..
git push -u origin main

Take care than head branch is "main" instead of "master"

5. Start the server

npm run start-server

6. Access the application

You can now access the application at:

http://localhost:3000