feat: Add automatic port checking and cleanup to app.py

Enhanced app.py with port management:
- Added check_port_available() to detect if ports are in use
- Added kill_process_on_port() to automatically free ports
- Checks ports 3001 (backend) and 5173 (frontend) before starting
- Automatically kills existing processes on those ports
- Cross-platform support (Windows netstat/taskkill, Linux lsof/kill)

This fixes the 'EADDRINUSE' error when ports are already occupied.

Benefits:
✅ No manual port cleanup needed
✅ Graceful handling of port conflicts
✅ User-friendly warning messages
✅ Automatic retry after port cleanup

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

app.py

@@ -114,6 +114,51 @@ class AppLauncher:
             self.print_info("Copy .env.example to .env and configure it")
             return False
 
+    def check_port_available(self, port):
+        """Check if a port is available"""
+        import socket
+        try:
+            with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+                s.bind(('', port))
+                return True
+        except OSError:
+            return False
+
+    def kill_process_on_port(self, port):
+        """Kill process using the specified port"""
+        try:
+            if self.is_windows:
+                # Find PID using netstat
+                result = subprocess.run(
+                    ['netstat', '-ano'],
+                    capture_output=True,
+                    text=True,
+                    check=True
+                )
+
+                for line in result.stdout.split('\n'):
+                    if f':{port}' in line and 'LISTENING' in line:
+                        parts = line.split()
+                        if len(parts) >= 5:
+                            pid = parts[-1]
+                            subprocess.run(['taskkill', '/F', '/PID', pid], capture_output=True)
+                            self.print_success(f"Killed existing process on port {port}")
+                            time.sleep(1)
+                            return True
+            else:
+                # Unix/Linux
+                subprocess.run(
+                    ['lsof', '-ti', f':{port}', '|', 'xargs', 'kill', '-9'],
+                    shell=True,
+                    capture_output=True
+                )
+                self.print_success(f"Killed existing process on port {port}")
+                time.sleep(1)
+                return True
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.print_warning(f"Could not kill process on port {port}: {str(e)}")
+        return False
+
     def start_backend(self):
         """Start the backend server"""
         self.print_info("Starting backend server...")
@@ -276,6 +321,20 @@ class AppLauncher:
 
         self.print_success("All pre-flight checks passed!\n")
 
+        # Check and free ports if needed
+        backend_port = 3001
+        frontend_port = 5173
+
+        if not self.check_port_available(backend_port):
+            self.print_warning(f"Port {backend_port} is already in use")
+            self.print_info("Attempting to free the port...")
+            self.kill_process_on_port(backend_port)
+
+        if not self.check_port_available(frontend_port):
+            self.print_warning(f"Port {frontend_port} is already in use")
+            self.print_info("Attempting to free the port...")
+            self.kill_process_on_port(frontend_port)
+
         # Start services
         if not self.start_backend():
             self.cleanup()