🚀 CodeSnippets: Student Assignment & Snippet Sharing Hub

CodeSnippets is a high-performance, full-stack web application designed for developers and students to share, store, and collaborate on code logic. Built with Next.js 14, Prisma, and Redis, it features a premium "blank canvas" UI and AI-powered enhancements.

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✨ New Features & Updates

• 🎨 Premium UI: Redesigned home page with a clean, centered aesthetic, featuring animated ambient background glows and a minimal grid pattern.
• 🧪 Cypress E2E Testing: Comprehensive test suite covering user authentication (Sign Up/Sign In) and all core API endpoints.
• 🔄 CI/CD Pipeline: Integrated GitHub Actions workflow that automatically lints, type-checks, and runs E2E tests on every push.
• 🤖 AI Generation: Powered by Google Gemini AI to generate optimized code blocks instantly.
• 🔐 Secure Auth: NextAuth integration with custom session handling for robust testing and user security.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Framework: Next.js 14 (App Router)
• Database: PostgreSQL (Prisma ORM)
• Caching: Redis
• Testing: Cypress (End-to-End)
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions
• AI Engine: Google Gemini API
• Styling: Tailwind CSS & Framer Motion

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🧪 Testing

We use Cypress for end-to-end testing to ensure a stable user experience.

Running Tests Locally

Ensure your development server is running (npm run dev), then:

# Open interactive Cypress runner
npm run cypress:open

# Run tests in headless mode
npm run cypress:run

CI/CD Pipeline

The included GitHub Action (.github/workflows/pipeline.yml) automatically:

1. Spinst up ephemeral Postgres & Redis containers.
2. Performs linting and TypeScript type checks.
3. Builds the production bundle.
4. Executes the full Cypress test suite.

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Setup Environment

Create a .env file based on the project requirements:

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://..."
REDIS_URL="redis://..."
NEXTAUTH_SECRET="your_secret"
GOOGLE_GEMINI_API_KEY="your_key"
NEXTAUTH_URL="http://localhost:3000"
GITHUB_ID=""
GITHUB_SECRET=""
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=""
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=""

2. Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run dev server
npm run dev

3. Docker (Alternative)

docker-compose up --build

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please ensure all tests pass (npm run cypress:run) before submitting a Pull Request.

Happy Coding! 💻🔥