To start developing the backend part of the MERN skeleton, we will set up the project folder, install and configure the necessary Node modules, and then prepare run scripts to aid development and run the code. Then, we will go through the code step by step to implement a working Express server, a user model with Mongoose, API endpoints with Express router, and JWT-based auth to meet the specifications we defined earlier for user-oriented features.
The code that will be discussed in this chapter, as well as the complete skeleton application, is available on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Full-Stack-React-Projects-Second-Edition/tree/master/Chapter03%20and%2004/mern-skeleton . The code for just the backend is available at the same repository in the branch named mern2-skeleton-backend. You can clone this code and run the application as...
