Followed Net Ninja's youtube MERN Stack tutorial at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BzS5Oz5E4&list=PL4cUxeGkcC9iJ_KkrkBZWZRHVwnzLIoUE&index=1.
In order to run, cd into the backend folder then run 'npm run dev' in the terminal to start up the backend. Next cd into the frontend folder and run 'npm start' to start frontend.