blueroad

Social media app with features inspired by X (Twitter).

Features

• User profile
• Users following each other
• Who to follow suggestions
• Posting messages with photos
• Newsfeed with posts from followed users
• Liking posts
• Commenting on posts
• Signup / Login

Stack

• React
• React-Router
• TanStack Query
• MaterialUI
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• jsonwebtoken
• Mocha, Chai, Sinon
• formidable

Quickstart

Clone this repository

Run the following command to clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/DraganAleksic99/social-media-app.git

Frontend Setup

Navigate to the frontend directory:

cd /frontend

Install dependencies:

npm install

Start the development server:

npm run dev

Backend Setup

Navigate to the backend directory:

cd /backend

Install dependencies:

npm install

Fill out secrets:

cp .env.example .env

Open in your browser

You can now visit http://localhost:5137.