📝 MERN Stack Note Taking App ✨

[Live Demo Link : (https://mern-thinkboard-5t32.onrender.com/)]

🚀 Highlights

• 🧱 Full-Stack App built with the MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node)
• ✨ Create, Update, and Delete Notes with Title & Description
• 🛠️ Fully Functional REST API built and tested
• ⚙️ Rate Limiting with Upstash Redis – Real-world concept explained simply
• 🌐 Explore HTTP Methods, Status Codes & SQL vs NoSQL
• 📱 Completely Responsive UI

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🔧 Setup Instructions

⚙️ Backend Setup

1. Go to the backend folder:

   cd backend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in /backend with:

   MONGO_URI=<your_mongo_uri>
   UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL=<your_redis_rest_url>
   UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN=<your_redis_rest_token>
   NODE_ENV=development
   

4. Run the backend server:

   npm run dev

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💻 Frontend Setup

1. Go to the frontend folder:

   cd frontend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Run the frontend server:

   npm run dev

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✨ Key Concepts Learned

• MERN Stack integration
• RESTful API design & testing
• Rate limiting with Upstash Redis
• Responsive frontend design
• Environment variable management
• Deployment for portfolio-ready projects

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