Socia

• a dummy social networking website.

Project Submission Details:

• Names of Project Members/Contributors:

  • Rohit Kaushal (185037)
  • Prateek Bharat Sharma (185019)
  • Vishal Shrivastava (185023)
  • Nishit Attrey (185028)

• Course: CSD-327 Software Engineering LAB

• Date: May 6th, 2021

• Submitted to: Dr. Dharmendra Prasad Mahto

Getting the project Up and Running [dev_mode] ( Installation )

• Database - PostgreSQL

  • install PostgreSQL if not installed. See Installation Instructions
  • create database named socia

    createdb socia

• Backend/API Server

  Note - project runs on nodejs. if you don't have installed please install Nodejs first.

  sudo apt install nodejs

  Windows : Download from Official Site

  • switch to backend/ directory

  • install dependencies

    npm install

  • Connect Database

    • create a file named .env with this content ( replace db_username, db_password with your database username, password )

    DATABASE_URL="postgresql://db_username:db_password@localhost:5432/socia"
    JWT_SECRET="mysupersecret"
    

  • start backend server

    npm start

• Frontend Server

  • switch to frontend/ directory
  • install dependencies

    npm install

  • start frontend server

    npm start

  • project should be running at http://localhost:3000