Build a CRUD App Like Facebook (React, Node, MySQL) | Setting Up Express and React

In this first video for building a crud app that's like Facebook, we'll setup React, Node, and Express. We'll make sure the frontend and backend can communicate with each other. In a following video, we'll setup a MySQL database.

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Hope this helps and thank you for watching!

-Andrew

0:00 Overview
0:26 Project Setup
0:58 Create Client and Server Folders
1:38 Create Node App
2:51 Create Express App
5:19 Server Listening on Port 8080
6:25 Build Our First Route
8:01 Clean Up React
9:23 Make API Call To Server
11:52 CORS
14:03 Retrieve Data From Server
14:54 Silly Outro

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[doonske]

Very helpful video - thanks a lot! Already waiting for the next video in this project and the setup with MySQL

[cryptofelix]

Hi, thanks for the video! As I am now starting with node backends, this was very helpful!

[guimondpierrelouis]

Should I download React first? I wanted to follow along but when I enter the first command, it does not work. I think I watched two or three previous videos and I was able to follow along pretty well. Thank you.

[davidpham-e]

Hi, just asking. What tools did you use to create the client (Create React App or sth else)?