MergeMinds

The idea behind the MergeMinds is to create a platform that connects individuals who want to start a start-up based on their skills and ideas. For example, a person with a start-up idea but lacking technical expertise can post an advertisement on our website, seeking skilled developers such as backend and frontend developers. Conversely, individuals with the required skills can also reach out to people with promising ideas.

We believe that our web application can facilitate and promote collaboration among talented individuals, leading to the formation of dynamic teams and the birth of innovative start-ups. The key difference from the existing job-searching websites is that in our case company does not exists yet and we are trying to gather ambitious people together to come up with companies that can change the world.

Introduction

This project is a template for building fullstack JavaScript applications running on node.js. The technology stack is as follows:

• React for the front-end
• express.js for the server
• mongodb for the database

To get started, the application is currently running on localhost, providing you with a local environment for development and testing.

Get Started

The package.json provides all the commands needed to test and run this application.

• npm install install all dependencies for the server and the client.
• npm start starts the complete MERN app.

Step 1 - Dependicies

First you need to install dependecies for both frontend and backend by using the command metioned above.

mergeminds/backend:$ npm install
mergeminds/frontend:$ npm install

Step 2 - Stripe

After successfully installed the dependicies, you also need to install stripe API to have payment functionality on the website. You can follow those steps given below.

Install Stripe Cli

You can visit the page for stripe cli installation https://stripe.com/docs/stripe-cli

Start the Stripe Server

After installed the stripe cli, You first need to login.

• stripe login --interactive
• After running this command mentioned above, terminal will ask for your API key. You can use STRIPE_SECRET_KEY defined in Configurations step below.

After successfully logged in. Run this command to start stripe server:

• stripe listen --forward-to localhost:3001/stripe/webhook

Step 3 - Configurations

Before running the app you also need to define your configurations by using .env file created in backend. You can use the following credentials/configurations to run our app.

Credentials

Add following env variables to .env file in backend

• PORT = 3001
• MONGO_URL = "mongodb+srv://turkerkoc:[email protected]/?retryWrites=true&w=majority"
• JWT_SECRET="mergemindsebass23"
• CLIENT_URL="http://localhost:3000"
• STRIPE_SECRET_KEY='sk_test_51NIDePFeAkHftgQCfqsr9edAb9j1pZI6lCP3m618Bkxc07WRvdG8vmrH5hLqxI3vq2KTVtWcb8bW1qbX4lF0PjnB00viASdhSL'
• STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET='whsec_0c57272d3b7a43cf59b9369c36f2b9f0d4a64ec8ecba4327490a33517bd01f28'

Step 4 - Running the App

You can simply run the app by using the commands mentioned below.

mergeminds/backend:$ npm start
mergeminds/frontend:$ npm start

Then you will be redirect (localhost:3000) to landing page of our webapp. You can use following test login credentials to access the app.

Email : [email protected]
Password : 1234