DevToday - Back-end

This is a Next.js project bootstrapped with create-next-app.

This project uses next/font to automatically optimize and load Inter, a custom Google Font.

🌐 Demo

Here is a working live demo: MJ's Portfolio

📝 Description

Welcome to my project! Here, I'll provide you with a brief overview of what inspired me to create it, why it solves a problem, and what I've learned throughout its development.

• Motivation: I was motivated to build this project to address a specific issue and to enhance my coding skills.
• Why I Built This Project: My main goal was to create a practical and user-friendly solution to a real-world problem.
• Problem Solved: This project aims to simplify a particular task, making it more efficient and accessible.
• What I Learned: Throughout the development process, I gained valuable insights into various technologies and programming concepts.

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• Installation
• Usage
• Credits
• License

🛠️ Setup Project

To get this project up and running in your development environment, follow these step-by-step instructions.

🍴 Prerequisites

We need to install or make sure that these tools are pre-installed on your machine:

• NodeJS: It is a JavaScript runtime build.
• Git: It is an open source version control system.

✨ Features

• Next.js 14, Tailwind responsive web app
• Backend built using Node.js, Express.js, Prisma ORM, PostgreSQL and TypeScript seamlessly integrating it with the frontend.
• Implemented NextAuth.js to manage user authentication and maintain persistent session states.
• Uploadthing for file uploads.
• React-Hook form for creating forms.
• Zod for validations.

🚀 Install Project

1. Clone the Repository

git clone git@github.com:ManmeetSinghJohal/devtoday-back_end.git

2. Install packages

npm install

3. Create a .env file

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://......."

PORT=3005

4. Run the dev server.

npm run dev

🔍 Usage

How To Use

To clone and run this application, you'll need Git and Node.js (which comes with npm) installed on your computer. From your command line:

# Clone this repository
$ git clone git@github.com:ManmeetSinghJohal/devtoday-back_end.git

# Go into the repository
$ cd projectname

# Install dependencies
$ npm install

# Run the app
$ npm run dev

Note If you're using Linux Bash for Windows, see this guide or use node from the command prompt.

⚒️ How to Contribute

Want to contribute? Great!

To fix a bug or enhance an existing module, follow these steps:

• Fork the repo
• Create a new branch (git checkout -b improve-feature)
• Make the appropriate changes in the files
• Add changes to reflect the changes made
• Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Improve feature')
• Push to the branch (git push origin improve-feature)
• Create a Pull Request

📩 Bug / Feature Request

If you find a bug (the website couldn't handle the query and / or gave undesired results), kindly open an issue here by including your search query and the expected result.

If you'd like to request a new function, feel free to do so by opening an issue here. Please include sample queries and their corresponding results.

✅ To-do

Will update soon!

📜 Credits

I'd like to acknowledge my collaborators, who contributed to the success of this project. Below are links to their GitHub profiles.

Furthermore, I utilized certain third-party assets that require attribution. Find the creators' links in this section.

If I followed tutorials during development, I'd include the links to those as well.

👩 Victoria Geddes
Email: toiageddes@gmail.com
GitHub: @toiaa

👦 Mateo Sindičić
Email: mateo.sindicic@gmail.com
GitHub: @JazzyGrim

📚 References

None at the moment.

📞 Contact Me

📋 License