(Feat): Initial Commit

backend/config/database.js

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+import mysql from 'mysql2/promise';
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { dirname, join } from 'path';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+
+// Load .env from backend directory
+dotenv.config({ path: join(__dirname, '..', '.env') });
+
+const pool = mysql.createPool({
+  host: process.env.DB_HOST || 'localhost',
+  user: process.env.DB_USER || 'root',
+  password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD || 'admin123',
+  database: process.env.DB_NAME || 'work_allocation',
+  port: process.env.DB_PORT || 3306,
+  waitForConnections: true,
+  connectionLimit: 10,
+  queueLimit: 0
+});
+
+// Test connection
+pool.getConnection()
+  .then(connection => {
+    console.log('✅ Database connected successfully');
+    connection.release();
+  })
+  .catch(err => {
+    console.error('❌ Database connection failed:', err.message);
+  });
+
+export default pool;