Forum Clone - Backend

The Backend api for the forum / social media website. Built with ExpressJS, NodeJS and MongoDB.

Hosted on AWS Elastic Beanstalk, with the database hosted on MongoDB Atlas.

Technologies

ExpressJS - Backend framework
NodeJS
MongoDB - NoSQL database
Monk - Mongodb wrapper
Typescript
CryptoJS - Password hashing
uuid - Creates UUIDs
Helmet - Request security

Available Scripts

In the project directory, you can run:

`npm run start`

Runs the app on the specified port.

`npm run compile`

Compiles the app to the build directory.