My backend branch

backend/app.js

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+const express = require('express');  // Import express
+const app = express();               // Create Express app instance
+
+app.use(express.json());             // Middleware to parse JSON bodies
+
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+  res.send('Welcome to My First Blog backend!');
+});
+
+// Your POST endpoint
+app.post('/posts', (req, res) => {
+  const { title, description } = req.body;
+
+  if (!title || title.trim() === '') {
+    return res.status(400).json({ errors: ['Title cannot be blank'] });
+  }
+
+  const post = { title, description };
+  // You can save to DB here if needed, for now just return it
+
+  res.status(201).json({ post });
+});
+
+module.exports = app;  // Export app so it can be used by server.js or other files