📝 NotAppia – Secure Note Management

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⚡ About the Project

NotAppia is a secure full-stack note-taking web application built using the MERN stack.

It allows users to store personal notes securely with authentication and protected routes.

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🔐 Features

• User authentication (login/register)
• Secure cookie/JWT-based sessions
• Create, read, delete notes
• User-specific data isolation
• Clean responsive UI
• REST API backend

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🛠 Tech Stack

• React (Frontend)
• Node.js + Express (Backend)
• MongoDB + Mongoose (Database)
• Tailwind CSS (UI Styling)
• Vercel / Render (Deployment)

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🚀 Getting Started

Clone repo

git clone YOUR_GITHUB_REPO
cd notappia

Backend

cd server
npm install
npm run dev

Frontend

cd client
npm install
npm run dev

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🔑 Environment Variables

Create .env in server:

PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongo_uri
JWT_SECRET=your_secret

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📁 Project Structure

notappia/
├── client/
├── server/
├── models/
├── routes/
├── middleware/

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🌍 Deployment

• Frontend: Vercel
• Backend: Render / Railway
• Database: MongoDB Atlas

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💡 What I Learned

• Full-stack MERN architecture
• Authentication flow
• API design
• State management in React
• Deployment workflow

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