Project Starter

Minimal session-based auth starter using Express, MySQL, React, Vite, and React Router.

Features

• Register with name, email, password
• Login with email and password
• Session-based authentication
• MySQL database
• Vite React frontend
• Protected dashboard
• Logout button

Setup

1. Create the database and tables:

mysql -u root -p < db.sql

2. Copy environment file:

cp .env.example .env

3. Install dependencies: backend-project and frontend-projec

npm install

4. Run locally:

npm run dev

Notes

• Backend runs on http://localhost:5000
• Frontend runs on Vite default port http://localhost:5173
• Vite proxies /api to the backend# project-starup