feat(everything): upgrade node to 16 and upgrade packages

also add loglevel for server side logger
add semantic release and gha

Author: amazingandyyy

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: codfish/semantic-release-action@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.releaserc.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "branches": [
+    "main",
+    {
+      "channel": "next",
+      "name": "(f|b|c)/*",
+      "prerelease": "beta-<%= (/^\\w+-\\d+/.exec(name.substr(2)) || [])[0] %>"
+    }
+  ],
+  "plugins": [
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+    "@semantic-release/github"
+  ]
+}

README.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ MERN stack is the idea of using Javascript/Node for fullstack web development.
 ## clone or download
 ```terminal
 $ git clone https://github.com/amazingandyyy/mern.git
-$ npm i
+$ yarn # or npm i
 ```
 
 ## project structure
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ notice, you need client and server runs concurrently in different terminal sessi
 
 ## Client-side usage(PORT: 3000)
 ```terminal
-$ cd client   // go to client folder
-$ npm i       // npm install packages
-$ npm run dev // run it locally
+$ cd client          // go to client folder
+$ yarn # or npm i    // npm install packages
+$ npm run dev        // run it locally
 
 // deployment for client app
 $ npm run build // this will compile the react code using webpack and generate a folder called docs in the root level
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ run the script at the first level:
 
 ```terminal
 // in the root level
-$ echo "JWT_SECRET=YOUR_JWT_SECRET" >> ./server/src/.env
+$ cd server
+$ echo "JWT_SECRET=YOUR_JWT_SECRET" >> src/.env
 ```
 
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