Client Setup and Running

To set up and run the client, follow these steps carefully:

1. Ensure prerequisites are installed

   You need to have Node.js installed.

   • Download and install from: https://nodejs.org/

   • Verify the installation:

     node -v
     npm -v
     

   Note

   npm comes bundled with Node.js. If you get an error, ensure Node.js was installed correctly.

2. Create `.env` file in the client folder

   Create a .env file inside the client directory with the following content:

   # address of our server (back-end)
   VITE_SERVER_HOST_ADDRESS=http://localhost:8000/
   VITE_STATUS_THRESHOLD=1000
   VITE_CLIENT_HOST=localhost
   VITE_CLIENT_PORT=5173
   CLIENT_URL=http://localhost:5173
   

3. Install the dependencies

   Make sure you are in the client folder, then run:

   cd ./client
   npm install
   

4. Run the client

   To start the development server, run:

   npm run dev
   

   Note

   Everything should be set up and running now!