Chat-App

This is the process to start the project.

🚀 Tech Stack

• React
• NodeJS
• ExpressJS
• MongoDB

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📁 Folder Structure

cha-app/
├── backend/
│   └── .env

PORT=
JWT_SECRET=
NODE_ENV=development
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=

✅ Development Workflow

1. Pull before you push: Always pull from main before creating your branch.
2. Create feature branches:

   git checkout -b feat/<FeatureName>
   # or
   git checkout -b bugfix/<BugName>

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⚙️ Running Locally

# Clone the repo
$ git clone https://github.com/HuesApply/HA_backend.git

# Install dependencies
$ npm install

# Run server for backend
$ npm start

# Run server for frontend
$ npm run dev

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🔐 Security & Secrets

• Use .env for all secrets
• NEVER commit credentials or access tokens