📝 ExpressBlog

A full-stack blog application built with Express.js (Backend) and React.js (Frontend).
Supports JWT authentication, protected routes, post creation/editing, and responsive UI.

🚀 Features

• 🔐 User Authentication (Register / Login / Logout)
• 📝 Create, Edit, Delete Posts
• 📄 Paginated and Searchable Posts
• 🌙 Dark Mode Support
• 🪪 JWT Access & Refresh Tokens
• 🍪 Secure HTTP-only Cookies
• ⚙️ Global Loading and Alert Contexts

🧩 Tech Stack

Frontend	Backend	Other
React.js	Node.js + Express	Vite
Tailwind CSS	MongoDB + Mongoose	JWT Auth
React Router		Axios + Interceptor

📂 Folder Structure

│   ├── config/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── middlewares/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── services/
│   ├── utils/
│   ├── app.js
│   ├── package.json
│   └── .env.example

📦 Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/mvicsa/ExpressBlog.git
cd ExpressBlog

2. Setup

npm install
node app.js

4. Environment Variables

Make sure to configure your .env file inside the root folder:

PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
JWT_REFRESH_SECRET=your_refresh_secret
CORS_ORIGINS=http://localhost:5173

🧪 Testing

• Run the backend & frontend locally
• Register, login, create/edit posts
• Check token refresh & alerts

🌐 Deployment

• Frontend: Vercel
• Backend: Railway

📃 License

MIT License — feel free to use and modify.