mern-sandbox

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• MERN Stack, Node v24, npm v11.6.2

Install MongoDB Community Version & Run Server

docker pull mongodb/mongodb-community-server:latest
docker run --name mongodb -p 27017:27017 -d mongodb/mongodb-community-server:latest

Use MongoDB Compass Client to verify DB & Data

Start backend server in VS Code & see logs per CRUD operation

cd mern-sandbox/server
npm install
npm start

Start Web/Client server in VS Code (new terminal tab)

cd mern-sandbox/client
npm install
npm run dev

View UI (use chrome dev tools to see client side logging)

http://localhost:5173/