sovjub/UA_ICSI_418y_pa2 ? reverse-engineered prompt

Build me a simple full stack MERN app with a React front end and a Node and Express back end, with MongoDB for saving data.

I want it to feel like a real usable starter project, where I can add, view, edit, and delete items from the browser, and the data stays saved after refresh. Make the UI clean and easy to use, and set up the server and client so they work together smoothly.

Please organize it so the app is easy to run locally, and include any basic setup steps I’d need. If you need to check current best practices or docs while building it, go ahead and look them up.