Connect

A social networking web app made using MERN Stack. Here users will be able to post their memories, like, comment and follow other users and posts.

Technologies Used

• NodeJs
• Express
• MongoDb
• ReactJs
• MaterialUI

Key Features

• User Authentication -- using bcrypt library to hash passwords
• GeoLocating users -- using HTML5 GeoLocating API
• Push Notifications -- using WebPush and Service Workers

Implementation

• The database schema for the web app is located at models/ folder
• The implementation of all the REST API end points can be found in routes/ folder
• The implementation of authorization step can be found in authenticate.js file in the root folder
• All the client side development can be found in client/ folder
• Used Socket.io library for real time communication between client and server to display users locations on map

Deployment steps

• Clone the entire repository to a new folder on desktop
• Open the command prompt from the same folder and type npm install. This will download all the required dependencies which are present in package.json file
• Now open the mongodb terminal and create a new database named User. All the data of users and posts will be stored here.
• For doing unit tests type the command npm run test. This will do the unit tests on different end points for sanity checking.
• To start the server enter the command npm start