Crowd sourced news platform

This is a project for Ubt Lab Course II, a crowd-sourced news platform. The project is structured with two main folders:

• client/ - Contains the React application.
• server/ - Contains the Express backend.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your system:

• Node.js (LTS version recommended)
• npm
• PostgreSQL (Ensure the database service is running)

Database Configuration

Ensure you have a PostgreSQL database set up with the following configuration:

{
    "username": "postgres",
    "password": "1234",
    "database": "LabCourseII",
    "host": "localhost",
    "dialect": "postgres"
}

Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/dion04/LabKurs-II-Project.git
cd LabKurs-II-Project

2. Install Dependencies

Install server dependencies

cd server
npm install

Install client dependencies

cd ../client
npm install

Running the Project

Start the Backend (Express Server)

cd server
npm run dev

This starts the Express server on http://localhost:8080 (default port, can be changed in .env or server/index.js).

Start the Frontend (React App)

cd client
npm run dev

This starts the React development server on http://localhost:5137.

Project Structure

/
├── client/    # React frontend
│   ├── src/
│   ├── public/
│   ├── package.json
│   └── ...
│
├── server/    # Express backend
│   ├── src/
│   ├── package.json
│   ├── server.js
│   └── ...
│
├── README.md  # Project documentation
└── .gitignore