sskyla/Learning-MERN-Express ? reverse-engineered prompt

Build me a simple MERN practice app that helps me learn the full flow from frontend to backend.

I want a small web app with a clean interface on the front end, and an Express API on the back end with a MongoDB data model. Keep it focused on basic CRUD so I can create, view, edit, and delete records from the app, and make sure the frontend talks to the API properly.

Please set it up so it runs smoothly in development, and make the structure easy to understand for someone learning. If you need to check current docs for setup details, go ahead and look them up online. I’d also like it to be ready for deployment with a simple config if possible.

Make the code readable and keep the example realistic, since this is for learning.