LifeNode

General Info

LifeNode is a full-stack social media web application.
Using: NodeJS, ReactJS, Express, MongoDB, Websockets, Authentication, JWT, Validators, Mocha, Chai

Features

• POST, GET AND PUT requests for -Login, Sign up, Update status, Create View and Delete post-
• NoSQL Database system using MongoDB, Mongoose
• Socket.io to simultaneously update every client when posts change.
• Responsive Design for both Web and Mobile
• Mocha and Chai for Unit Tests

Installation

Requirements

• Node to be installed.
• Preferrably VSCode (Visual Studio Code) to be installed.

By Cloning

• You need to clone both the backend (master branch) and the frontend (frontend branch)
  
• Open terminal, go to whicever directory you want this app to be cloned into, then type these commands:
  

 git clone https://github.com/Burakcoli/lifenode.git
 git clone --branch frontend https://github.com/Burakcoli/lifenode.git

• After cloning, open two VSCode windows.
  
• In the first one choose the Backend folder, in the second one choose the frontend folder.
  
• In the toolbar, click on Terminal and then New Terminal (for both windows).
  
• Type npm install in both projects to install required packages.
  
• After it's done, type npm start in both terminals and both the frontend and backend will start.
  
• Open your browser and go to 'localhost:3000' to see the frontend in action.
  

By Downloading

• It will be the same steps in the cloning section, after the git clone commands.
• Click on Code and then Download Zip File for both branches.
• Download the folders to anywhere you like, and then open two VSCode windows and continue the steps above (in By Cloning section).

Screenshots

Test Results

Home Page

Creating A Post

Feed

Viewing A Post In Mobile