📌 Full-Stack React + Node.js Application

🚀 Project Overview

This is a full-stack web application built using **React ** for the frontend and Node.js (Express) for the backend. The project follows a scalable and maintainable architecture, ensuring clean code and easy development.

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🏗️ Project Structure

/project-root
│── /backend    
│── /frontend   
│── package.json
│── README.md
│── .gitignore
│── .env

🔹 Backend (Node.js + Express)

/backend
│── /src
│   │── /config       
│   │── /models       
│   │── /routes       
│   │── /controllers 
│   │── /middlewares  
│   │── /services    
│   │── /utils        
│   │── app.js        
│   │── server.js     
│── package.json
│── .gitignore
│── .env

🔹 Frontend (React)

/frontend
│── /src
│   │── /assets      
│   │── /components   
│   │── /pages        
│   │── /layouts     
│   │── /hooks        
│   │── /context      
│   │── /redux        
│   │── /services    
│   │── /utils        
│   │── /styles       
│   │── main.jsx    
│   │── App.jsx       
│── index.html
│── package.json
│── vite.config.js
│── .gitignore

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend:

• ⚛️ React
• 🗄️ Redux / Context API
• 🔗 Axios for API calls

Backend:

• 🛠️ Node.js (Express.js)
• 📦 MongoDB (Mongoose)
• 🔑 JWT Authentication
• 📝 dotenv for configuration

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📦 Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-repo.git
cd project-root

2️⃣ Setup Backend

cd backend
npm install
cp .env.example .env  # Add environment variables
npm run dev  # Start backend

3️⃣ Setup Frontend

cd ../frontend
npm install
npm run dev  # Start frontend

4️⃣ Open in Browser

• Frontend: http://localhost:5173
• Backend API: http://localhost:5000

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🧪 Testing

Run unit and integration tests:

# Backend tests (Jest/Mocha)
npm run test

# Frontend tests (React Testing Library/Cypress)
npm run test

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📄 API Documentation

The backend exposes RESTful APIs for authentication and CRUD operations.

• POST /api/auth/login - User login
• POST /api/auth/register - User registration
• GET /api/users - Fetch users (Admin only)
• GET /api/products - Fetch all products

For full API documentation, check backend/docs or use Postman.

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🛠️ Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (feature/your-feature)
3. Commit changes (git commit -m "Add new feature")
4. Push to branch (git push origin feature/your-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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🚀 Happy Coding!