BACK END OF DROP SHOP PROJECT

Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure you have the following installed:

• Docker (recommended for containerized execution)
• Node.js (v16 or higher)

Note: Using Docker is strongly recommended to avoid dependency issues.

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Development Setup

• Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/TsitouhRanjafy/back-end-drop-shop.git
cd back-end-drop-shop

• Run with Docker (recommended)

docker compose up

This will:

• Build the Docker image
• Install dependencies
• Start the server on http://127.0.0.1:8080 (or the configured port)

• (Optional) Run locally without Docker

cd source

• create a .env.dev first (referenced by the .env.exemple)

touch .env.dev      # edit this file by the reference

• install dotenvx

curl -sfS https://dotenvx.sh | sh

or

wget -qO- https://dotenvx.sh | sh

• run project

rm -r node_modules  # remove the node_modules installed by docker
npm ci              
npm run start:dev