diff --git a/spring-backend/src/main/java/com/kumaran/changes_nocomments/Application.java b/spring-backend/src/main/java/com/kumaran/changes_nocomments/Application.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..454e0aa42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-backend/src/main/java/com/kumaran/changes_nocomments/Application.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+java
+package com.kumaran.changes_nocomments;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class ChangesNocommentsApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(ChangesNocommentsApplication.class, args);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-backend/src/main/java/com/kumaran/changes_nocomments/Application.java (duplicate - this is automatically generated) b/spring-backend/src/main/java/com/kumaran/changes_nocomments/Application.java (duplicate - this is automatically generated)
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f5b8401c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-backend/src/main/java/com/kumaran/changes_nocomments/Application.java (duplicate - this is automatically generated)	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+java
+// This file has already been created. The contents are as above.
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diff --git a/spring-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index e734ea466..d611dc6bc 100644
--- a/spring-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,32 +1,3 @@
-cloudinary.api-key=******
-cloudinary.api-secret=*****
-cloudinary.cloud-name=******
-spring.datasource.driverClassName=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
-spring.datasource.password=1
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hobbie_backend_db?allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true&useSSL=false&createDatabaseIfNotExist=true&useUnicode=true&useJDBCCompliantTimezoneShift=true&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false&serverTimezone=Europe/Paris
-spring.datasource.username=root
-spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect
-spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create
-spring.jpa.hibernate.use-new-id-generator-mappings=false
-spring.jpa.open-in-view=false
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=true
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.mvc.hiddenmethod.enabled=true
-spring.rsocket.server.port=8080
-spring.servlet.multipart.enabled=true
-spring.servlet.multipart.max-file-size=10MB
-spring.servlet.multipart.max-request-size=10MB
-spring.mail.host=smtp.gmail.com
-spring.mail.port=25
-spring.mail.username=*****
-spring.mail.password=*****
-spring.mail.protocol=smtp
-spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.starttls.enable=true
-spring.mail.default-encoding=UTF-8
-springdoc.swagger-ui.config-url=/v3/api-docs/swagger-config
-springdoc.swagger-ui.url=/v3/api-docs
-springdoc.swagger-ui.path=/swagger-ui.html
-springdoc.swagger-ui.display-request-duration=true
-springdoc.swagger-ui.groups-order=DESC
-springdoc.swagger-ui.operationsSorter=method
-springdoc.swagger-ui.disable-swagger-default-url=true
-jwt.secret=secretly123
+properties
+# Application properties (example)
+server.port=8080
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diff --git a/spring-backend/src/test/java/com/kumaran/changes_nocomments/ApplicationTests.java b/spring-backend/src/test/java/com/kumaran/changes_nocomments/ApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8db7bacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-backend/src/test/java/com/kumaran/changes_nocomments/ApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+java
+package com.kumaran.changes_nocomments;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.WebMvcTest;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
+
+@WebMvcTest
+public class ApplicationTests {
+
+    @Test
+    public void mainShouldRunApplication() {
+        // This test checks that the main method runs the application.
+        // It doesn't actually perform any assertions about the application's behavior,
+        // as there is no output or UI to observe.
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-frontend/public/index.html b/spring-frontend/public/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9da3850be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-frontend/public/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+json
+{
+  "id": 123,
+  "name": "Product A",
+  "description": "This is a fantastic product.",
+  "price": 25.99
+}
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diff --git a/spring-frontend/src/App.js b/spring-frontend/src/App.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..413112838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-frontend/src/App.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+javascript
+import React from 'react';
+import { fetchData } from './api';
+
+function App() {
+  const data = fetchData();
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <h1>Changes Nocomments App</h1>
+      <p>{data.message}</p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default App;
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diff --git a/spring-frontend/src/api/index.js b/spring-frontend/src/api/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3ada67bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-frontend/src/api/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+javascript
+export const fetchData = async () => {
+  // Placeholder for fetching data.  This would be replaced with actual API calls.
+  console.log('Fetching data...');
+  return { message: 'Data fetched!' };
+};
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diff --git a/spring-frontend/src/api/index.js (duplicate - this is automatically generated) b/spring-frontend/src/api/index.js (duplicate - this is automatically generated)
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81a28a952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-frontend/src/api/index.js (duplicate - this is automatically generated)	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+javascript
+// This file has already been created. The contents are as above.
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