Create a project folder cars-app
Create two folders inside cars-app
name them as backend
and frontend
Open frontend
folder in terminal and initialize a react app
https://reactjs.org/docs/create-a-new-react-app.html
you can use npx create-react-app ./
to initialize react project in the same folder you are in
Open backend
folder in terminal and initialize a nodeJS app
Documentation https://github.com/bpeddapudi/nodejs-basics-routes/blob/master/notes.md