learn.md

Local development:

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Fork the repo:

To contribute to this Discord-Clone, you must first fork the Discord-Clone repo.

Clone the repo:

1. Clone your GitHub forked repo:

   git clone https://github.com/<github_username>/Discord-Clone

2. Go to the Discord-Clone directory:

   cd discord-clone

3. To install the dependencies, run:

   npm install

4. To start the development server, run in terminal:

   npm run dev

Note : The project's backend is based on nodejs, so make sure you have node version 20 or above installed in your machine, if not refer to this: https://nodejs.org/en/download.

Setup environment variables

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1. Supabase setup:

1. Go to Supabase Dashboard (create your account if you have not).

2. Create a new project.
   

3. Get your project url and anon api key.
   Note : You should not reveal this api key as this works as a bridge between your database and project.

4. In your forked repo create a .env.local file, copy the contents from .env.local.example and paste the credentials in it:

   NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=https(:)//some-string-here.supabase.co
   NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=anon-api-key-here

5. Connect to your supabase DB.

   import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js';
   
   const supabaseUrl = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL;
   const supabaseKey = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY;
   const supabase = createClient(supabaseUrl, supabaseKey);

Supabase is an open source firebase alternative, that provides Postgres database, Authentication, instant APIs, Edge Functions, Realtime subscriptions, Storage, and Vector embeddings.
Refer to this Documentation, for more information.