- Buzz is a Twitter-inspired networking website
- Users can create, like, comment on, delete posts
- Users can create, follow, search, view profiles
- Users can view a news feed or following users page
Buzz uses the MERN stack
- Mongoose/MongoDB - Database
- ExpressJS - Backend Web Server
- ReactJS - Frontend Web Application
- Supertest and Jest - Unit & Integration Testing
- Amazon Web Services EC2 / Netlify - Hosting
- Turned off since I started getting charged
- Redis - Rate Limiting
- NGINX - Load Balancing & Health Checks
I used the MERN stack since I wanted to learn backend/databases, and I had previous experience with javascript using ReactJS. As for testing, rate limiting, and load balancing, I read about those topics in a book and wanted to implement them into this project.
Buzz requires Node.js and NPM (node package manager) to run.
Install the dependencies, setup the .env file, and start the server.
cd backend
create a .env file
have values for PORT, MONGO_URI (link to mongo atlas database), SECRET (for JWT token)
npm install
node run dev
You will also need a redis server running (for the rate limiter)
Install the dependencies, setup the .env file, and start the frontend webapp
cd frontend
create a .env file
have value for REACT_APP_BACKEND_API (link to API)
npm install
npm start
MIT
Enjoy! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions/suggestions: https://www.linkedin.com/in/braydentam/