A web-based system to manage company employees, departments, and roles using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js). This project allows Admin users to manage departments, employees, and view summary statistics.

• Authentication: Secure Login for Admins.
• Employee Management: CRUD operations, Search, Filter by Department, Pagination.
• Department Management: Create, Read, Update, Delete Departments.
• File Upload: Profile photo upload for employees.
• Role-based Access: Admin role implemented.

• Frontend: React.js, Tailwind CSS, Vite
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB
• Security: JWT, Bcrypt

• Node.js installed
• MongoDB installed and running locally or Atlas URI

git clone https://github.com/30tools/employee-mern.git
cd employee-mern

Navigate to the server directory:

cd server

Install dependencies:

npm install

Create a .env file based on .env.example:

cp .env.example .env

Update .env with your MongoDB URI and Secret Keys.

Run the User Seed (to create Admin account):

node userSeed.js

Note: Default Admin credentials will be logged to console or specified in seed file (admin@gmail.com / admin)

Start the server:

npm run dev

Navigate to the client directory:

cd ../client

Install dependencies:

npm install

Start the React app:

npm run dev

Access the app at http://localhost:5173.

• client/: React Frontend
• server/: Express Backend