docs: updated README

* and small documentation changes

scripts/server-frontend-dev.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const devServerConfig = {
     maxModules: 0
   },
   proxy: {
+    // proxies for the backend
     '/api': 'http://localhost:3000',
     '/uploads': 'http://localhost:3000',
     '/ws-api': {

scripts/server.js

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const server_mode = args.mode === "production" ? SERVER_MODES.PRODUCTION : SERVE
 if (server_mode === SERVER_MODES.DEVELOPMENT){
     console.info("Starting server in development mode.");
     startFrontendDevServer(8080);
+    // this time, it's the frontend server that is on port 8080
+    // requests for the backend will be proxied to prevent cross origins errors
     startBackendServer(3000);
 } else {
     console.info("Starting server in production mode.");