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E-Commerce Application:

This is a simple e-commerce application that allows users to view products, add products to cart, and checkout. The admin can manage products, users, and orders.

The application is built using the following technologies:

1. Frontend: React, Axios, React-Router-Dom V6, Bootstrap, Redux.

2. Backend: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Mongoose, JWT, Bcrypt, Multer, Nodemailer, Nodemon, Dotenv, Morgan, Cors, cookie-parser.

3. Tools: Postman, VS Code, Git, GitHub, Netlify, Render, Vite.

Steps:

Backend:

1. Create an empty directory and open it in VS Code.
2. Open the terminal and run the following command to create a package.json file:

npm init

3. create an entry point file (index.js).
4. Configure the package.json file. Add the following code:

"scripts": {
    "start": "node index.js"
  }

5. Create a readme.md file and add the project description.
6. Create an empty repository in GitHub.Com. Copy the repository URL.
7. Initialize the git repository in the project directory:

git init

8. Add the remote repository URL:

git remote add origin <repository-url>

9. Create a .gitignore file and add the following code:

node_modules
package-lock.json
DS_Store
.env

10. Rename the default branch from master to main:

git branch -m main

11. Add the changes to the staging area:

git add .

12. Commit the changes:

git commit -m "basic backend application setup"

13. Push the changes to the remote repository:

git push -u origin main