Setting up the Environment

Softwares to install on the system ( Linux , Windows )

Install @VSCode, Web browser ( firefox , chrome ), @MongoDB and @MongoDB Compass

Install npm , npx and NodeJS

Make sure MongoDB is running in localhost:27017 and make sure MongoDB is connected to MongoDB Compass.

Setting up the React Web Application

Download or clone the Github project. Unzip and move to the project directory (Family-Health-Club) or move to the project directory if you cloned it.

Open the terminal / Command Prompt and type : npm install

Above Command will install all the dependencies need for the web application inorder to run. After all the dependencies are installed , type : npm run dev

The server will running on port 3002 and frontend will be running on http://localhost:5173

Database and Collections will be created automatically once the web application started. Open your browser and goto url : http://localhost:5173

Doctor and Patient password is encrypted using bcrypt.

Setting up the Admin Account

You can also use @mongosh command line tool instead of Mongodb Compass. Launch MongoDB Compass / mongosh and check the database named : thefamilyhub and select the collection name called admins add data :

{
  "username": "<your_admin_username>",
  "password": "<your_admin_password>"
}

Enter the username and password of the Admin account you want in <your_admin_username> and <your_admin_password>

Restart the Web application(including the server) after saving the data in the MongoDB Compass.