System Requirements

• Node.js 16.8 or later.
• macOS, Windows (including WSL), and Linux are supported.
• MySQL server according to your system.

Setup

MySQL Setup

• In case you need tutorial for MySQL installation, follow this link.

• After installing MySQL, you can use your preferred method(shell or workbench) and create an empty database for the project.

Package installation

• Run npm install to make sure that there are no missing packages for running the application.

Database Connection

• Create a file named .env in the root directory of the project folder.

• Copy the lines of code from .env.example to .env.

• Change the connection string based on your MySQL credentials and database you want to use. (details are described in comment lines which you just copied)

Database Setup

• First, run npx prisma migrate dev --name init for prisma migration according to your database.

• Then, run npx prisma generate client to let prisma create a client that works with your database.

How to Run

Before you run the Project

• Make sure you have two tables named scores and users tables in your database that will work with the project.

Now you can run the project

• Open terminal(command Prompt) and change directory to app directory.

• Alternatively, you can locate the app directory and open it in the terminal.

• Once you are on terminal opened app directory, run npm run dev to start the app.

• Running the command will show you a prompt in console where you can see the running application.

• By default, Next.js app runs on http://localhost:3000/.