If you are in the client folder, go back on the root, run command – cd..
Run command: npm init -y
In package.json add – “type”:”module”
Create a folder in the root “api”
Create a file in api folder “index.js”
Install express using below given command –
npm i express
write below given code in index.js –
import express from ‘express’
const app=express();
app.listen(3000, ()=>{
console.log(‘Server is running on 3000 PORT’);
})
Install a package – npm i nodemon so that we should not re-start server again n again after making some changes. Using this package server will auto start.
Add a script in package.json –
“dev”: “nodemon api/index.js”,
“start” : “nodemon api/index.js”
Start the server – npm run dev
Tutorial Video – How to Create and Run the Server in React JS
