📝 Notes App - Full Stack Implementation Exercise

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🚀 Features

• User Authentication (login/logout)
• Create, edit, and delete notes
• Archive and unarchive notes
• List active and archived notes
• Create, edit, and delete categories
• Assign categories to notes
• Filter notes by category
• Responsive UI
• RESTful API backend
• Persistent storage with PostgreSQL
• Protected routes for authenticated users
• Dockerized for easy deployment
• Backend API documentation with Swagger

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🛠️ Tech Stack & Dependencies

Frontend

• React
• Vite
• Tailwind CSS
• Axios
• React Router DOM

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• Sequelize ORM
• PostgreSQL
• JWT Authentication
• CORS
• Passport
• Swagger for API documentation
• Winston for logging

DevOps

• Docker & Docker Compose

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⚡ Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Docker (and Docker Compose) installed on your system. No need to install Node, npm, or PostgreSQL locally.

How to Run

1. Clone this repository and navigate to the project root.

2. Start the app with Docker Compose:

   docker compose up --build

   This command will:

   • Build and start both the frontend and backend containers.
   • Automatically create a dbdata directory in the project root to persist the PostgreSQL database used by the backend container.

3. Access the app:

   • Frontend: http://localhost:3001
   • Backend API: http://localhost:3000/api

4. Open Swagger UI for API documentation:

   • http://localhost:3000/api/docs

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🔑 Default Login Credentials

Username: admin
Password: admin

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📚 Requirements & Notes

• All dependencies are listed in the respective package.json files in frontend/ and backend/.
• The backend uses a layered architecture (Controllers, Services, Models, DTOs, etc.)
• The database is persisted in the dbdata directory at the project root.