A simple note taking app.

Technology Overview:

The project uses React-Redux on the front end and NodeJS/ExpressJS on the back end.

Data is handled using mongoose and there is different modes for DEV and PROD.

The project is built using create-react-app which sets up a boilerplate React app.

Local project setup:

1. Clone the repo

2. Run npm install

3. cd client

4. Run npm install

5. Make a file config/dev.js and fill in values

   i. Copy keys from prod.js

   ii. Make a Google+ API key (for OAuth2) and fill in googleClientID and googleClientSecret

   iii. Make a database and fill in the mongoURI (we use mlab)

   iv. Fill in a random string for which is used by passport.js for user session cookies

6. Run the project locally. (Run from top level directory)

cd ..
npm run dev 

Terminolgy

The project uses the term 'star' which can be thought of as a note with added metadata. Each star has a parentId (star model) which allows the front end to format the list of 'stars' (provided by /api/stars/get) into a hierarchical tree.

The backend API endpoints are specified at starRoutes.