Setting Up A React App With Express And SQL Database
Setting up a React app with a proxy server to connect to a SQL database hosted on a separate server. Learned about Vite and used Axios to fetch data from the server, displaying user info in a list. Next steps: finish React courses and launch MVP.
I am super proud to be writing a Part 3 of this journey, especially considering the amount of progress I have made since the last update. I was able to focus my ADHD superpowers for a couple of days straight on finishing up a few different courses that helped familiarize myself with writing JSX, and used the momentum to carry myself into learning React. But, being the impatient person that I am, I wanted to see how far I could get in setting up my local environment given the knowledge I've gained with Express, SQL and node so far. Setting up the Proxy Server This one was new to me, b...