plantapp

Installation instruction

Install Node.js

1. Windows

• Visit the official Node.js website.
• Download the Long Term Support(LTS) version for Windows
• Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions.
• After installation, you can verify that Node.js and npm (Node Package Manager) are installed by opening a command prompt and typing:

node -v

npm -v

This should display the installed versions of Node.js and npm

2. MacOS

• Can use Homebrew to install Node.js. If you don’t have Homebrew installed, you can install it by following the instructions on the Homebrew website.
• Once Homebrew is installed, open a terminal and run:

brew install node

• After installation, verify Node.js and npm by typing:

node -v

npm -v

3. Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

• Open a terminal and run the following commands:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install nodejs npm

• After installation, verify Node.js and npm by typing:

node -v

npm -v

4. Linux (Fedora)

• Open a terminal and run the following commands:

sudo dnf install nodejs

• After installation, verify Node.js and npm by typing:

node -v

npm -v

5. Other Linux Distributions:

• The package manager and installation steps may vary depending on your Linux distribution. Consult your distribution’s documentation for specific instructions.

Install MongoDB

1. Windows

• There is a detailed tutorial on the MongoDB website - install-mongodb-on-windows

• Visit the Downloads Center and download the MongoDB Community Server

  • Version: 7.0.X
  • Platform: Windowsx64
  • Package: msi

• Run the installer and make sure that you install MongoDB as a service. More details can be found in the MongoDB Tutorial.

• Installing MongoDB Compass (GUI)

  • Visit the Downloads Center
  • Scroll down, on the left hand side column: Tools > MongoDB Compass (GUI)
  • Version: 1.42.1 (Stable)
  • Platform: Windows 64-bit(10+)
  • Package: exe

• Starting the MongoDB Server

  • Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator
  • Navigate to the bin directory of your MongoDB installation. The default location is typically C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\version\bin. (Replace version with your actual MongoDB version number).
  • Run the following command:

    mongod --config="<path\_to\_your\_config\_file>"
  

  Replace <path_to_your_config_file> with the actual path to your configuration file.

  If you haven’t created one, you can use the default settings by omitting the –config argument.

2. MacOS

• There is a detailed tutorial on the MongoDB website - install-mongodb-on-os-x.

• If you do not have brew installed, please install homebrew by going to their website.

• Installing MongoDB 7.0 Community Edition

  • Tap the MongoDB Homebrew Tap to download the official Homebrew formula for MongoDB and the Database Tools, by running the following command in your macOS Terminal:

    brew tap mongodb/brew
  

  • If you have already done this for a previous installation of MongoDB, you can skip this step. To update Homebrew and all existing formulae:

    brew update
  

  • To install MongoDB, run the following command in your macOS Terminal application:

    brew install [email protected]
  

• Installing MongoDB Compass (GUI)

  • In order to install MongoDB compass, you can use the following command:

   brew install --cask mongodb-compass
  

• Starting the MongoDB Server

  • In order to start the MongoDB server, you can use the command:

    brew services start mongodb-community
  

3. Linux

• In order to install MongoDB you can follow the tutorial available on the MongoDB website.

Running Instructions

Set up MongoDB database

1. Run MongoDB Compass app
2. In New Connection, put mongodb://localhost:27017/ in URI
3. Connect
4. If there is no existing database called users, then add a database called users
5. In users database, create a collection called plants
6. Navigate to plants collection to view data

Run the code

1. Open a terminal
2. Navigate to the solution using cd \plantapp\solution
3. Run npm install to ensure everything is installed correctly
4. Run by using npm run start

Run the website on browser

1. Open a web browser
2. Insert http://localhost:3000/ in URL field
3. The website is now running