Employee Management System (Basic Scaffold)

This is a minimal full‑stack scaffold: React (Vite) frontend, Node.js/Express API, MySQL via Sequelize, JWT auth.

Quick start

Using Docker (recommended)

1. Start DB and API

docker-compose up -d

2. API runs at http://localhost:4000. Seeded admin user:

   • email: admin@example.com
   • password: admin123

3. Start frontend

cd client
npm install
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:5173 and login with the seeded admin.

Without Docker

• Start MySQL locally and create ems_db.
• Create server/.env (see variables in docker-compose.yml).
• Run API:

cd server
npm install
npm run dev

• Run frontend as above.

API endpoints

• POST /api/auth/login
• POST /api/auth/register
• GET /api/employees (auth)
• POST /api/employees (admin/manager)
• GET /api/employees/:id (auth)
• PUT /api/employees/:id (admin/manager)
• DELETE /api/employees/:id (admin)

Notes

• JWT is returned on login; frontend stores it in localStorage.
• Sequelize syncs models automatically on boot.