Sandeep Portfolio

A personal portfolio project showcasing Sandeep's work, skills and contact information. This repository contains a frontend (built with Vite) and a backend (API and/or content serving). The repository is organized to separate concerns so the frontend can be developed and deployed independently from the backend.

Table of contents

• Project overview
• Tech stack
• Repository structure
• Getting started
  • Prerequisites
  • Frontend - local setup
  • Backend - local setup
  • Run frontend + backend together
• Build & deploy
• Environment variables
• Contributing
• License
• Contact

Project overview

This repository contains the source code for Sandeep's portfolio website. It includes:

• A frontend app (UI) located in frontend/ (Vite-based).
• A backend service located in backend/ (API, content management or server-side rendering — check backend folder for details).

The goal is to present Sandeep's projects, experience, and contact information in a clean, responsive layout.

Tech stack

• Frontend: Vite (see frontend/package.json for the exact framework and dependencies)
• Backend: (see backend/ for implementation details — could be Node/Express, Next.js API routes, or another server)
• Build tooling: Vite, npm/yarn
• Optional: any 3rd-party services or databases referenced in backend configuration

Repository structure

• frontend/ — the client application (HTML/CSS/JS, Vite config, package.json)
  • public/ — static assets
  • src/ — source code for the frontend
• backend/ — backend API or server code
• README.md — this document

Note: Each subfolder may contain its own README with more precise instructions. Start by checking frontend/README.md and backend/README.md if present.

Getting started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (LTS recommended)
• npm (or yarn/pnpm)
• Git

Frontend - local setup

1. Open a terminal and change to the frontend directory:

   cd frontend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   # or
   yarn

3. Start the development server:

   npm run dev
   # or
   yarn dev

4. Open the app in your browser. Vite typically serves at http://localhost:5173 (check terminal output).

If you need to build for production:

npm run build
# preview the production build
npm run preview

Check frontend/package.json for the exact script names and the frontend framework (React / Vue / Svelte / Vanilla).

Backend - local setup

1. Change to the backend directory:

   cd backend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   # or
   yarn

3. Configure environment variables (see the Environment variables section).
4. Start the backend server:

   npm start
   # or
   npm run dev

The exact commands depend on the backend implementation. If a backend/README.md exists, follow its instructions.

Run frontend + backend together

Open two terminals:

• Terminal 1:

  cd backend
  npm run dev

• Terminal 2:

  cd frontend
  npm run dev

If the frontend needs to call the backend API, ensure the frontend's API base URL points to the backend's running URL (e.g., http://localhost:5000).

Build & deploy

• Build the frontend: cd frontend && npm run build
• Build or prepare the backend per the backend project's instructions.
• Deploy static frontend assets to a static host (Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages, S3 + CloudFront) or serve them via the backend.
• Deploy the backend to a node hosting provider (Heroku, Render, Railway, DigitalOcean, AWS, etc.), and configure environment variables there.

Environment variables

Create a .env file in the appropriate directory (backend and/or frontend) and add required keys. Common examples:

• Backend:
  • PORT=5000
  • DATABASE_URL=your_database_connection_string
  • JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
• Frontend:
  • VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5000

Always avoid committing secrets to the repository. Add .env to .gitignore.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Suggested workflow:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feat/your-feature
3. Make changes, add tests if applicable.
4. Commit and push your branch.
5. Open a pull request describing the change.

Please run linters and tests (if any) before opening a PR.

License

No license is specified in this repository. If you want to apply a license, add a LICENSE file (for example, MIT). If you're the repository owner, choose an appropriate open-source license.

Contact

• GitHub: palchhinparihar
• For questions or feature requests, open an issue in this repository.

Thank you for checking out the Sandeep Portfolio repository!