logic-on-server

A backend-focused project built to understand how to structure a professional MERN backend application with clean architecture and best practices.

This repository focuses on server-side logic, scalability, and real-world backend patterns rather than UI.

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🚀 What I Built & Learned

• Professional project folder structure for backend applications
• MongoDB database connection with proper debugging
• Custom API response format for consistent success responses
• Centralized error handling using custom error classes and middleware
• JWT-based authentication for secure user access
• User and Video models using Mongoose
• Mongoose schema hooks for better data handling
• Clean separation of routes, controllers, middlewares, and utilities
• Debug-friendly logging for database and server events
• API versioning support

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• JSON Web Token (JWT)

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📁 Project Structure