MERN Notebook 📝

A full-stack note-taking web app built with the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js). Users can register, log in, and manage notes with authentication and role-based access control.

🌐 Live Demo

• Frontend: https://technotes.onrender.com
• Backend API: https://technotes-api.onrender.com

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🚀 Features

• ✅ User registration & login
• 🔐 JWT-based authentication with access/refresh tokens
• 🍪 Secure HTTP-only cookies
• 👥 Role-based access control (Admin/Manager/User)
• 🗂 Create, read, update, and delete notes
• 💡 Intuitive UI built with React & Redux Toolkit
• 🌍 Deployed on Render

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🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend

• React + Vite
• Redux Toolkit + RTK Query
• React Router
• Tailwind CSS

Backend

• Node.js + Express
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• JWT (jsonwebtoken)
• Cookie-Parser
• dotenv

Deployment

• Render (for both frontend & backend)

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🚧 Setup & Run Locally

Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/Nanastrike/MERN-Notebook.git
cd MERN-Notebook

cd backend
npm install
cp .env.example .env
# Fill in MongoDB URI & JWT secrets
npm run dev

cd client
npm install
npm run dev

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.