This is my first practice with Node/Express

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I didn't do any error handling or focus on controller files. I feel like some things may also be suitable for .env that I haven't included.

environment variables

how to use

• write the variables: create a .env file at the root of the directory
• load the variables: when writing the CLI commands to run the app, use --env-file=.env prior to referencing the app.
  • e.g.: node --env-file=.env --watch app
• access the variables: variable keys within .env will be accessible throughout the directory via Node's global process.env.KEY_NAME object

list of variables and what their value(s) consist of

• Ports -> MAIN_APP_PORT & BACK_APP_PORT
  • are common ports, use what you want - I did 3000 and 5000