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Web applications in React, Bootstrap, MongoDB, Express/Use the Postman program to perform read, create, update, delete operations on a MongoDB database through a Node Express web server
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1) Download and install the Postman program from here: https://www.postman.com/downloads/
2) Start the MongoDB server, opening a terminal in the mongo_database folder and typing:
mongod --dbpath = data_items --bind_ip 127.0.0.1
3) Start the Node Express web server, opening a terminal in the ItemsServer folder and typing:
npm start
4) Open the Postman program and create a new item in the database via the POST method:frame|center
5) Change the item via the PUT method and the item ID:frame|center
6) View the data in the database via the GET method:frame|center
7) Delete the item by the DELETE method and the item IDframe|center