feat: add Docker support and setup documentation

Author: sodium16

README.md

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+## (Alternatively)Running with Docker
+
+### Start all services
+
+```bash
+docker compose up --build
+```
+
+### Stop services
+
+```bash
+docker compose down
+```
+
+### Seed the database
+
+```bash
+docker compose exec backend node seed.js
+```
+
+Frontend: http://localhost:5173
+
+Backend: http://localhost:5000
+
 ## 🛠 Roadmap / Not Yet Implemented
 
 A few things exist in some form but aren't finished yet:

backend/.dockerignore

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+node_modules
+.git
+.gitignore
+npm-debug.log
+Dockerfile

backend/Dockerfile

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+FROM node:22-alpine
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+RUN npm ci
+
+COPY . .
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+CMD [ "npm", "start" ]

docker-compose.yml

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+services:
+  mongodb:
+    image: mongo:8
+
+    ports:
+      - "27017:27017"
+
+    volumes:
+      - mongo-data:/data/db
+  
+  backend:
+    build:
+      context: ./backend
+      
+    container_name: learnhub-backend
+
+    ports:
+      - "5000:5000"
+
+    env_file:
+      - ./backend/.env
+    
+    environment:
+      MONGO_URI: mongodb://mongodb:27017/learnhub
+
+    depends_on:
+      - mongodb
+
+    volumes:
+      - ./backend:/app
+      - /app/node_modules
+
+  frontend:
+    build:
+      context: ./frontend
+      
+    container_name: learnhub-frontend
+
+    ports:
+      - "5173:5173"
+
+    depends_on:
+      - backend
+
+    volumes:
+      - ./frontend:/app
+      - /app/node_modules
+
+volumes:
+  mongo-data:

frontend/.dockerignore

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+node_modules
+dist
+.git
+.gitignore
+npm-debug.log
+Dockerfile

frontend/Dockerfile

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+FROM node:22-alpine
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+RUN npm ci
+
+COPY . .
+
+EXPOSE 5173
+
+CMD [ "npm", "run", "dev", "--", "--host" ]