ThumbStack

What is ThumbStack?

ThumbStack is an application that allows you to create and save thumbnails for your videos. It's frontend is created with React and the editor uses the Konva library to create, transform and export canvas elements. The back-end consists of an Express server while the database uses MongoDB with Mongoose.

Prerequisites

Must have installed:

• NodeJS
• NPM
• MongoDB

Must have a Cloudinary account with an unsigned preset.

Installation

• Fork and clone this repository.

• cd client into the cloned repo's client directory and run npm install.

• Following the .env.example file, add an .env file in the client directory with the respective variables.

• Run npm start and the React app should start.

• Open another terminal in the root directory and go to the server directory: cd server.

• Run npm install to install server dependancies.

• Following the .env.example file, add an .env file in the server directory with the respective variables.

• If you have nodemon installed run nodemon else run node to start the server.