The following folder structure only shows the files that are relevant for the MERN skeleton backend. With these files, we will produce a functioning, standalone server-side application:
| mern_skeleton/ | -- config/ | --- config.js | -- server/ | --- controllers/ | ---- auth.controller.js | ---- user.controller.js | --- helpers/ | ---- dbErrorHandler.js | --- models/ | ---- user.model.js | --- routes/ | ---- auth.routes.js | ---- user.routes.js | --- express.js | --- server.js | -- .babelrc | -- nodemon.json | -- package.json | -- template.js | -- webpack.config.server.js
This structure will be further expanded in the next chapter, where we complete the skeleton application by adding a React frontend.
