MongoNetworkError: failed to connect to server [localhost:27017] on first connect [MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017]

Question

I\'m new in nodeJS, started learning by following a trailer on youtube, everything goes well until I added the connect function if mongodb,

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Answer 1

1) If you haven't installed mongodb, install it.

2) open a new terminal, type "mongo". This is going to connect you to a MongoDB instance running on your localhost with default port 27017: