MERN - IMDB MOVIE SEARCH AND FAVORITE

IMDB site returns only one movie at a time for any search term.

Create a .env file in then root and add the following

NODE_ENV = development
PORT = 5000
MONGO_URI = mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?directConnection=true&serverSelectionTimeoutMS=2000&appName=mongosh+1.8.0

npm install
cd frontend
npm install

# Run frontend (:3000) & backend (:5000)
npm run dev

# Run backend only
npm run server

Build & Deploy

# Create frontend prod build
cd frontend
npm run build

There is a Heroku postbuild script, so if you push to Heroku, no need to build manually for deployment to Heroku