💸 Personal Budget Tracker Backend & Express 🚀

## 🎯 What You'll Build

This is a complete application with backend integration, authentication, and cloud-based storage.

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🧑‍🍳 App Features Overview

• 🔐 Authentication with email verification
• 📝 Signup & Login flows with 6-digit email code
• 🏠 Home Screen that shows your current balance & past transactions
• ➕ Create Screen to add income or expense transactions
• 🔄 Pull to refresh functionality from scratch
• 🗑️ Delete transactions to update balance
• 🚪 Logout to navigate back to login screen

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🧠 What You’ll Learn

• Implement authentication & email verification
• Build a full app with React Native
• Manage state and navigation using React Navigation
• Deploy with cloud-based tools
• Beginner-friendly for first-time React Native devs

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📁 .env Setup

⚙️ Backend (/budget-expense-app-main)

PORT=5001
NODE_ENV=development

PUBLISHABLE_KEY=<your_publishable_key>
SECRET_KEY=<your_publishable_secret_key>

DATABASE_URL=<your_db_connection_url>

REST_URL=<your_connection_url>
REST_TOKEN=<your_connection_token>

⚙️ Run the backend

cd main
npm install
npm run dev