#19: Installation.

We would suggest running at least the backend in linux (or via wsl under windows) in order to prevent issues with npm under windows.

Install mariaDB: Tutorial
Be sure to leave the port set to 3306. Also, we assume the username and password to be root. If you choose to use a different username or password, make sure to remember these in one of the next steps.

Create the required database and tables with this SQL script. For this, you can use software like DataGrip or HeidiSQL (See screenshot below).

Install node & npm:

Download the code:

Switch into the Betterzon folder:

Switch to the backend folder and create the .env file:

Enter the following values (we use standard username and password, don’t do this in a production environment!)

Install node modules, compile the typescript code and start the backend server:

npm i
npm run webpack
npm run start

In the frontend, you can either use our backend (No adjustments needed and you already have data) or you can switch to your own backend server. To switch to your own server, you need to adjust the apiUrl variable under Frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts. To use your own backend, it needs to be http://localhost:7001

cd ../Frontend
npm i
npm run start

At this point, everything should work and you can use the application in your browser under

http://localhost:4200