Front End: Vite 
TypeScript 
React 
Back End: Node.js 
The repo requires an installation of nodejs.
Check if you have node on your system by typing in the following in your terminal:
node -v
As of creating this repo, I am using node v22.15.0.
WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE NODEJS INSTALLED
Download Nodejs from this link
Once you run through the installation, open your terminal and run the following commands
node -v
npm -v
If your terminal returns versions for both, you have successfully installed Nodejs.
from parent folder, cd to the folder containing the API related index.js file
cd api-gateway
run the following command
npm start
The terminal should say "server running at..." and provide a link to the server you can view.
from parent folder, cd to frontend
cd frontend
run the following command
npm run dev => hit o to run the front end locally
Since we do not have an all encompassing run script you need to run the api-gateway first, and in another terminal run the front end.