Travel Diaries

Travel Diaries is a web application that allows users to create and manage their travel diaries. This is a MERN stack project built using React, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.

Getting Started

To get started with this project, you can either clone the repository or download the source code as a ZIP file. Once you have the source code, follow these steps:

1. Install dependencies for the server and client:

   npm install
   
   cd ../client
   npm install
   

2. Create a .env file in the server directory and add the following environment variables:

   NODE_ENV=development
   PORT=5000
   MONGO_URI=<your-mongodb-uri>
   JWT_SECRET=<your-jwt-secret>
   

3. Start the server and client:

   cd server
   npm run start
   
   cd ../client
   npm start
   

   The server will be running on http://localhost:5000 and the client will be running on http://localhost:3000.

Features

Travel Diaries has the following features:

• User authentication (signUp, login, logout)
• Create, update, and delete travel diaries
• View all travel diaries
• View travel diaries by location

Technologies Used

This project uses the following technologies:

• React
• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB
• Redux
• Material-UI

Project Structure

The project is structured as follows:

travel-diaries/
├── client/
│   ├── public/
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/
│   │   ├── static/
│   │   ├── store/
│   │   ├── App.js
│   │   ├── index.js
│   ├── package.json
├── server/
│   ├── config/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── middleware/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── utils/
│   ├── .env
│   ├── app.js
│   ├── package.json
├── .gitignore
├── README.md

The client folder contains the frontend code, while the server folder contains the backend code. The public folder in the client folder contains the static assets (images, fonts, etc.) for the client.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT