Web Portal for Questionnaire and Report Management

This project is a secure web portal for managing questionnaires and reports. It provides a full-stack solution with a React frontend and a Node.js/Express backend.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Environment Setup

Before running the application, you need to set up the environment variables for the server.

1. Navigate to the server directory:

   cd server

2. Create a .env file by copying the example file:

   cp .env.example .env

3. Open the .env file in a text editor and replace your_jwt_secret with a secure, randomly generated string. This secret is used to sign the JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) for user authentication.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed on your system:

• Python 3
• Node.js and npm

Installation and Startup

A Python script is provided to automate the installation of all dependencies and the startup of the application servers.

1. Open a terminal or command prompt in the root directory of the project.

2. Run the setup script using the following command:

   python setup_and_start.py

What the script does:

• Installs Server Dependencies: It runs npm install in the server directory to install all the necessary backend packages.
• Installs Client Dependencies: It runs npm install in the client directory to install all the necessary frontend packages.
• Starts the Servers: It starts both the backend server and the frontend client in the background.

Once the script has finished, the application will be running.

• The backend server will be available at http://localhost:5000.
• The frontend client will be available at http://localhost:3000.

You can view the server logs in server_setup.log and the client logs in client_setup.log. It may take a few moments for the client to become available after the script completes.