Deployment procedure

This documentation will guide you through the deployment of the application. Back-end and Front-end.

Back-end application deployment

The back-end of the app is written in Express/Node.

Make sure to add your own .env file. All the environment variables you will need are listed in the file env.sample.

To run the project locally:

Install the dependencies:

npm install

Run the project:

npm run dev

To deploy the project:

• Commit your app to a repository on github.com
• Create an account on Vercel.com
• Create a new project called chocolate-manager-back
• In the secrets section add the environment variable called MONGO_URL=mongodb://your-mongo-url
• Link the project to your github repository corresponding to chocolate-manager-back
• Whenever you will push to your github repository, your app will be automatically deployed on vercel.

Front-end deployment

The front-end of the application is written in React.js.

Make sure to add your own .env file. All the environment variables you will need are listed in the file env.sample.

To run the project locally:

Install the dependencies:

npm install

Run the project:

npm run dev

To deploy the project:

To deploy the app, we are going to use Vercel hosting service.

• Commit your react app to a repository on github.com
• Create an account on Vercel.com
• Create a new project called chocolate-manager-front
• In the secrets section add the environment variable called VITE_API_URL=https://your-backend-url.domain
• Link the project to your github repository corresponding to chocolate-manager-front
• Whenever you will push to your github repository, your app will be automatically deployed on vercel.