techmemory (frontend)

React + Vite frontend for TechMemory, the team's docs library. The API server used to live in server/ in this same repo — it's been split out to its own repo (techmemory-server, sibling folder) so it can run on a real Node host instead of GitHub Pages. See that repo's DEPLOY.md for backend deploy steps.

Local dev

npm install
npm run dev

Requests to /api/* are proxied to http://localhost:3001 (see vite.config.js) — run the server separately alongside this.

Deploying to GitHub Pages

1. Set the deployed backend's URL as a repo variable: Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → Variables → New repository variable, VITE_API_BASE_URL = https://<your-server>.onrender.com (see .env.example).
2. Settings → Pages → Build and deployment → Source: GitHub Actions.
3. Push to main — .github/workflows/deploy.yml builds and deploys automatically.
4. vite.config.js sets base: "/TechMemoryFE-2026/" for the project-pages URL (https://overture-7421.github.io/TechMemoryFE-2026/). Update it if the repo is renamed, or set it to "/" if you switch to a custom domain (and add a public/CNAME file with the domain).
5. On the server side, set ALLOWED_ORIGINS to this Pages URL so CORS allows it.