mPro is a code generator (run from the command line) that scaffolds out a full-stack MERN (Mongo Express React Node) app. It's an extension of a similar tool, Maestro, documented at maestrodocs.com.

Besides some extra scaffolding, the main addition of mPro is a very nifty command-line tool that will automatically build out a database schema and REST api routes for a given data model. It will connect these features to each other and to your server.

Installs of MongoDB, npm etc are assumed.

• Install Yeoman with npm install -g yo
• Install the mPro generator with npm install -g mpro
• Follow the prompts, then cd into the project you've created.
• Commands for watching source files and running the server are detailed here.

• From within your project folder, run yo mpro:makeModel [YOUR MODEL NAME]
• The created files can be found in db/schemas and routes/api
• You might want to elaborate on the very basic schema that was written, but from there, you're ready to start writing front-end code that talks to your api.

For example, if I run yo mpro:makeModel artListing, mPro will create db/schemas/artListing.js and routes/api/artListing.js. CRUD requests can now be made to your server at YOUR-APP-DOMAIN/api/artListing.