I have a Express server (server.js) and a React app as the client in one project.
the directory structure is like:

App
|_client
|_server.js

the primary packge.json has these commands:

  "dev": "secrethub -- run nodemon server.js",
    "start": "secrethub -- run node server.js",
    "deploy": "NPM_CONFIG_PRODUCTION=false npm install --prefix client && npm run build --prefix client",

ive adjusted my custom build script inside the “Component” tab in the digital ocean control panel multiple times. ive tried just “npm run deploy” which worked, for the front end only. the api doesnt run.

if i run npm run deploy && npm run start then it just lags on the build phase and never finishes…

how do i deploy this to run the server as well as build the frontend?