FitnessFreak

Full-stack fitness web application with a React frontend and a Node/Express backend.

Repo layout

• frontend/ — React + Vite single-page app
• backend/ — Node.js + Express API, MongoDB models and routes

Quick start

Prerequisites: Node.js 18+ and npm, MongoDB (local or Atlas).

1. Frontend

   cd frontend npm install npm run dev

2. Backend

   cd backend npm install

   check package.json scripts; otherwise:

   node server.js

Create a .env for the backend (do not commit). Typical values:

MONGO_URI=your_mongo_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
PORT=5000

GitHub

This repo includes .gitignore files at the project root and inside frontend/ and backend/ to exclude node_modules, build artifacts, and environment files.

Notes

• See frontend/README.md and backend/README.md for per-project details.
• If you plan to deploy, set production environment variables and build the frontend with npm run build in frontend/.