There are a few things you should download before starting.
The repository, or the folder with all the code, lives in a cloud-based service called GitHub that uses a version control system (vcs) named Git. To get a quick gist, GitHub is some-what similar to Google Drive in that they both revolve around hosting & storing shareable folders/files for collaboration.
First check if you have Git installed. Open up a terminal and type git --version. If you see a version number then you have Git installed 👍
Git is installed on my Windows (you might have a different version)
If it says something along the lines of command not found (or some other kind of error), then go ahead and install Git by following the tutorial here. Make sure you follow the instructions that correspond to your Operating System (OS).
For an in-depth guide about using Git, read here:
To clone (download) the code in GitHub, run this in your terminal
git clone <https://github.com/Hack-the-Future/mern-boilerplate.git>
After this, you should have a folder named mern-boilerplate/ with all the code! You can open this folder up in your favorite IDE or the recommended editor, vscode!
After opening the folder in vscode
To run this project, you’ll need to install all the necessary packages/dependencies/libraries (used “interchangeably” but have different definitions). Learn all about node packages and how to install them here: