View the finished project here: https://powerful-temple-57466.herokuapp.com/

Link to backend repo here: https://github.com/Alom310/Piktogram-BE

Overview

• Piktogram is picture sharing social media app that is similar to Instagram.

Inspiration

• Build a clone of Instagram to practice and sharpen our skills with React, Express, Node.js, and MongoDB.

Scope, Tech, and Timeline

• Deadline: This was our first alumni project that was due in 6 weeks. We worked in a group of three.
• Planning: We had decided to meet on campus almost everyday to work on our project.

Biggest Wins

Biggest Challenges

Results

Some features were not implemented:

• Notifications
• Likes
• Followers list

Most major features were accomplished:

• File upload
• User registration/login
• Following users
• Search
• Responsiveness
• Edit profile

Learning

• Passing users through the header
• Managing state
• Component hierarchy
• File uploader
• More familiarity with MERN stack