It is live at the following link! https://le-hot-takes.herokuapp.com/
Hot Takes is a simple social media website that allows the creating, sharing, and reacting of opinions. It features CRUD functionality for different "takes" and displays them all in a clear fashion on single page web application. It also implements an authentication and authorization system using a user's Twitter account (and is session based).
- Go to the config folder in the server directory and reference the configLayout.env to create your own config.env file with the proper variables filled in
- Build the React application using
npm run buildin the root directory. (It will be built into the client folder) - Run the server using
npm startornpm run devfor development purposes (uses nodemon)
This web app uses the MERN stack:
- M: MongoDB
- E: ExpressJS
- R: ReactJS
- N: Node.js
Additionally, I used Bootstrap for styling and Fontawesome for icons. For Authentication/Authorization I used PassportJS and the Twitter Strategy
This was my first website that I built using the MERN stack and without a clear underlying video/tutorial that lays out a planned site. It was fun to make, and I learned A LOT about Website security and user data. Making an authentication and authorization system was a lot harder than I expected but it taught me a lot about how browsers and requests actually work. I really learned a lot about everything within Web Development while working on this project.
That being said, I'm done with this XD. I didn't really plan how the site would work in the beginning and didn't really know "best practices" when creating this site. I made this site from a random idea I had and the little knowledge I gained from a few YouTube videos. The site is very unsound architecturally, not scalable in the slightest, and stylistically horrendous in places. I will be moving on with the many lessons I learned from this experience. o/