1. Make sure you follow the steps mentioned under "PROJECT START STEPS" and ensure that the steps execute successfully. 

Pre-requisites:
1. Install node, npm
2. Install express (npm install express --save)

Steps:
1. To run this application, do the following:
    1.a. Go to the project root directory.
    1.b. Run the following commands respectively in the terminal/command line to build and run the app:
        - npm install
        - npm start

2. Go to http://localhost:8080 in your browser to view it.

CLOUD-IDE SETUP STEPS(follow the below steps in case you are using the Cloud IDE instead of your Local IDE):
1. Please run the below commands from the project root to setup MySQL and MongoDB in this workspace:
	- chmod 0755 ./database-setup.sh
	- sh ./database-setup.sh
2. In case you want to connect to MySQL or MongoDB, kindly use the following credentials in your application:
	2.a. MySQL
		- host: localhost
		- port: 3306
		- username: root
		- password: admin
		- database: db
	2.b. MongoDB
		- host: localhost
		- port: 27017
		- username: root
		- password: admin
		- database: db