🧠 Brains

Brains is a full-stack MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) application that allows authenticated users to manage notes and learning content efficiently — enabling them to create, update, and delete their materials with ease.

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🚀 Features

• ✅ User authentication with JWT
• ✅ Create, edit, delete, and view notes/content
• ✅ Responsive UI with a clean, modern design
• ✅ RESTful API architecture
• ✅ Modular, scalable code structure

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📸 Screenshots

(Add screenshots here — e.g., Sign In page, Dashboard, Note Editor, etc.)

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• React
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS

Backend

• Node.js
• Express
• TypeScript

Database

• MongoDB (via Mongoose)

Authentication

• JSON Web Token (JWT)

Deployment

• Backend: Render
• Frontend: Vercel

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📂 Project Structure

brains/
│
├── client/              # React frontend
│   ├── src/
│   ├── public/
│   └── ...
│
├── server/              # Node.js/Express backend
│   ├── src/
│   └── ...
│
└── package.json         # Project metadata and scripts

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⚙️ Environment Variables

Backend (server/.env):

PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key

Frontend (client/.env):

VITE_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:5000

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🧑‍💻 Local Development

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/rishav76dev/brains.git
cd brains

2️⃣ Install dependencies

Backend

cd server
npm install

Frontend

cd ../client
npm install

3️⃣ Run the development servers

Backend

npm run dev

Frontend

npm run dev

• Frontend: http://localhost:5173
• Backend: http://localhost:5000

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🧪 API Endpoints (Server)

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/api/auth/signup	User registration
POST	/api/auth/login	User login
GET	/api/content	Get all content for the user
POST	/api/content	Create new content
PUT	/api/content/:id	Update content
DELETE	/api/content/:id	Delete content

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🌐 Deployment

• Backend: Render
• Frontend: Vercel

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🙌 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome!

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch

   git checkout -b feature/your-feature

3. Commit your changes

   git commit -m "Add your feature"

4. Push to your branch

   git push origin feature/your-feature

5. Open a pull request

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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📫 Contact

• GitHub: @rishav76dev
• Twitter: @rishav76dev