MERN Book Store

A simple MERN stack Book Store application scaffold.

Stack

• MongoDB + Mongoose
• Express
• React (Vite)
• Node.js

Backend

Env vars (server/.env):

PORT=5000
MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/bookstore

Install & run:

cd server
npm install
npm run dev

Frontend

cd client
npm install
npm run dev

The dev server proxies API calls to the backend via /api.

API Endpoints

• GET /api/books list (supports search, category, page, limit)
• GET /api/books/:id get one
• POST /api/books create
• PUT /api/books/:id update
• DELETE /api/books/:id remove

Next Ideas

• Validation layer (e.g., zod / joi)
• Auth (JWT) & users
• Image upload (cover)
• Pagination UI
• Testing (Jest + Supertest)
• Docker compose (Mongo + app)