Black Innovation Alliance

Interactive map to showcae Black Innovation Alliance Partner Orginzations.

Project Manager/Technical Lead: Eric Chen, Matthew Dong, Mohamed Abaker.

Team Members:

• Ben Demmers
• Daniel Barra
• Janice Kim
• Ria Sharma

Setting Up

Recommended Tools Checklist

• Git Clone this repository
• Create a MongoDB Atlas Account
• Create a Heroku account
• Install Node.JS
• Install Yarn Package Manager

Configuring Enviromental Variable

Create file called ".env.development" in a "config" folder in the root directory (you may have to create a new config folder). It should look like the following:

ATLAS_URI=mongodb-connection-string-placeholder
JWT_SECRET=my-secret-jwt-key-placeholder

Then, create another file called ".env" in "src/client", it should look like the following:

REACT_APP_API_URL="http://localhost:5000"

Finally, create another file called ".env.development.local" in "src/client", it should look like the following:

REACT_APP_MAPBOX_TOKEN=mapbox-access-token-placeholder

Running Project

For the first time after cloning only:

$ # setup yarn
$ yarn setup

$ # run both server and client
$ yarn dev
$ # run server only
$ yarn server
$ # run client only
$ yarn client

Also, check tech guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dZNvzUHPvmHiqaZH-xlCIaL21l8yvS9uMMplBd8stu4/edit#heading=h.h22nu89ch4po for more information