Intro to Mongoose Lab Setup

Setup

Open your Terminal application and navigate to your ~/code/ga/labs directory:

cd ~/code/ga/labs

Make a new repository on GitHub named intro-to-mongoose-lab.

Clone a copy of your remote repo locally by using the git clone command:

git clone https://github.com/<github-username>/intro-to-mongoose-lab.git

🚨 Do not copy the above command. It will not work. Your GitHub username will replace <github-username> (including the < and >) in the URL above.

Next, cd into your new cloned directory, intro-to-mongoose-lab:

cd intro-to-mongoose-lab

In this directory create a app.js file:

touch app.js

Create a node project along with its package.json file by using this command:

npm init -y

Open the project’s folder in VS Code:

code .