README.md

mern-devconnector

MERN Stack DevConnector using MongoDB Atlas, Express JS, Reactjs & Nodejs.

Frontend-> React & Redux-Reduce

Backend-> Nodejs & Expressjs

Database-> MongoDB Atlas

Installation process

1. clone the repo using this command

   git clone https://github.com/ashraf-kabir/mern-devconnector.git

2. install npm packages

   1. install backend packages

   cd mern-devconnector
   npm install

   2. install frontend packages

   cd client
   npm install

3. go to config folder at mern-devconnector/config & create default.json for pasting mongoDB connection, jwtSecret as secret & githubToken for reading github repos of developers.

   cd mern-devconnector
   cd config
   cat >> default.json

   (Ctrl+c to exit previous command)

   sample code for default.json

   {
     "mongoURI": "YOUR_MONGODB_URI",
     "jwtSecret": "YOUR_SECRET",
     "githubToken": "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN"
   }

   Instructions:

   1. for mongodb atlas database creation follow this tutorial->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKyag6t98g8
   2. you can use any random string as jwtSecret
   3. for generating github token follow this link->https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token

   4. note: gitignore the default.json file

4. deploy this project on your local server by using this command

   mern-devconnector
   npm run dev

   note: both backend & frontend server will start at once with the above command.

App Description:

1. user can register & sign in
2. user can create, edit & update their developer profile with various info like-> education, exp, social links, location, github username. etc.
3. user can delete their own account
4. user can view other developers profile with their profie description & github public repositories
5. user can create, edit, update & delete posts
6. user can create & delete comments on the posts
7. user can like or dislike the posts

5. Deployed on
   https://dev-connector-ak.herokuapp.com/