Combining a React frontend with a Node.js backend is a common and powerful setup for building full-stack web applications.
Prerequisites: Node.js and npm/yarn should be installed.
Steps to set up the backend: Initialize the Node.js backend, set up the Express server, connect the React frontend, configure a proxy for API calls, add an API endpoint, connect to a database (optional), and deploy the application.
Setting up a Node.js backend for a React application provides a robust full-stack development environment.