SimulStudy

An online quiz web app that uses React's create-react-app for the UI and Express with MongoDB for the API layer.

Link

https://simulstudy.herokuapp.com/

Local .env Setup

Rename .env-example file to .env and provide the values for unspecified keys

MONGODB_URL="<add value>"
JWT_SECRET="<add value>"
PORT=3001

IMPORTANT: Don't forget to set the config vars in Heroku dashboard: https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps/simulstudy/settings

Local Dev

# Install frontend dependencies
cd frontend && npm install

# Run frontend dev server
npm run start

Run this in another terminal:

# Install server dependencies
npm install
# Run server with automatic reloading
npm run dev

Deploying to Heroku

# Login to Heroku
heroku login
#Push up the current version of the app
git push heroku <current branch>:main

Troubleshooting

# Inspect Heroku logs
heroku logs --tail
# Confirm application works locally before deploying to Heroku
heroku local web