📝 NoteStack - MERN Notes App

A modern, minimalist notes application built with the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) featuring real-time updates and rate limiting.

🔗 Tutorial (Notion): MERN Simplest Notes Guide
🔗 Live Demo (Render): Live Demo

✨ Features

• 📋 Full CRUD Operations

  • Create, read, update, and delete notes
  • Real-time updates
  • Markdown support

• 🛡️ Security

  • Rate limiting protection
  • Error handling
  • Input validation

• 💅 Modern UI/UX

  • Responsive design
  • Dark/Light mode
  • Toast notifications
  • Loading states

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 14.x
• MongoDB instance
• Git

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ItsNehaOjha/NoteStack.git
cd NoteStack

2. Set up backend

cd backend
npm install
cp .env.example .env    # Configure your environment variables

3. Set up frontend

cd ../frontend
npm install

4. Start development servers

# Terminal 1 - Backend
cd backend
npm run dev

# Terminal 2 - Frontend
cd frontend
npm run dev

🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• React 18 (Vite)
• React Router v6
• Tailwind CSS
• DaisyUI
• Axios
• React Hot Toast

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• Rate Limiting
• CORS

📝 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/notes	Get all notes
POST	/api/notes	Create new note
PUT	/api/notes/:id	Update note
DELETE	/api/notes/:id	Delete note

🌟 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📜 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

👥 Contact

Neha Ojha - @Linkdin

Project Link: https://github.com/ItsNehaOjha/NoteStack

🙏 Acknowledgments

• React Documentation
• MongoDB Atlas
• Tailwind CSS
• DaisyUI