React + Vite

This template provides a minimal setup to get React working in Vite with HMR and some ESLint rules.

Currently, two official plugins are available:

• @vitejs/plugin-react uses Oxc
• @vitejs/plugin-react-swc uses SWC

Backend

The repo now includes an Express backend in backend/ for the AI chat and core app resources. It uses Firebase Admin with Firestore for persistence and Firebase Auth tokens for protected routes.

Available routes:

• POST /api/auth/register/mentor
• POST /api/auth/register/mentee
• POST /api/auth/verify-token
• GET /api/auth/me
• GET /api/health
• GET /api/mentors
• GET and POST /api/sessions
• GET and POST /api/contact
• POST /api/ai/mentor-response

Frontend notes

• Mentor cards now show a short "Why this mentor?" breakdown when the backend returns breakdown details. The breakdown explains which signals contributed to the recommendation (course match, skills, shared vibes, availability score).
• The AI Command Center sends free-text questions to /api/ai/mentor-response and displays the assistant reply in the chat UI.

Setup:

1. Copy backend/.env.example to backend/.env and set the Firebase project and service-account fields plus GEMINI_API_KEY.
2. Run npm run backend:dev from the repo root.
3. Keep the Vite frontend running with npm run dev; /api requests are proxied to http://localhost:3001 in development.

React Compiler

The React Compiler is not enabled on this template because of its impact on dev & build performances. To add it, see this documentation.

Expanding the ESLint configuration

If you are developing a production application, we recommend using TypeScript with type-aware lint rules enabled. Check out the TS template for information on how to integrate TypeScript and typescript-eslint in your project.