To get you started you can simply clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/eloraa/student-management-rest-api
and install the dependencies
npm install
You need git to clone the repository. You can get git from http://git-scm.com/.
A number of node.js tools is necessary to initialize and test the project. You must have node.js and its package manager (npm) installed. You can get them from http://nodejs.org/. The tools/modules used in this project are listed in package.json and include express, mongodb and mongoose.
The project uses MongoDB as a database. If you are on Mac and using Homebrew package manager the installation is as simple as brew install mongodb.
First we need to create the db directory where the database files will live in. In your terminal navigate to the root of your system by doing cd .. until you reach the top directory. You can create the directory by running sudo mkdir -p /data/db. Now open a different tab in your terminal and run mongod to start the Mongo server.
The project is preconfigured with a simple development web server. The simplest way to start this server is:
npm run dev