🏠 Hostel Management

MERN-ish chaos, now with Vite — Express + MongoDB in the back, React + Redux up front. No Next.js; we’re not that fancy. Yet.

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🚀 Run this thing (3 steps, you’ve got this)

1. Feed the machine

   npm install && npm install --prefix frontend

2. Summon Mongo 🍃
   Have MongoDB running somewhere. If it’s not up, the API will ghost you harder than a bad roommate.

3. Whisper secrets (repo root, .env)

   NODE_ENV=development
   PORT=5000
   MONGO_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/your_db_name
   JWT_SECRET=make_it_long_and_random_no_password123_pls

4. Hit go 🎬

   npm run dev

   • UI: http://localhost:3000
   • API: http://localhost:5000 (dev says “API is running” — it’s shy, not broken)

Production build (when you’re showing off):
npm run build --prefix frontend then NODE_ENV=production npm start

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✨ What it does (feature buffet)

🔐	Register / login (navbar stays minimal until you’re in — we’re not nosy)
👤	Student CRUD + details
📍	Update student whereabouts
✅	Daily attendance
📊	Analysis views
📥	CSV export for attendance
🗑️	Nuke old attendance by “last N days”
👑	Admin: user list + toggle admin status

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🤝 Contributing

PRs welcome. Big ideas? Open an issue first so we can panic together constructively.

Tests: npm test --prefix frontend (Vitest; add tests if you’re feeling brave).