README.md

DevSpace

Social network for developers

This is my version of the MERN stack application from the "MERN Stack Front To Back" course on Udemy. It is a social network app that includes authentication, profiles and forum posts. I took some help to build the backend of this project from the udemy course, i tried to fully customize the frontend of this application, I added material-ui for styling, toasts, real-time commenting, reponsive layout with material-ui, etc.

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Quick Start 🚀

Add a env file in the root folder with the following

  mongoURI: <your_mongoDB_Atlas_uri_with_credentials>
  jwtSecret: <secret>
  githubToken: <your_secrect_access_token>
  uiMaterialKey: <ui_material_key>

Install server dependencies

npm install

Install client dependencies

cd client
npm install

Run both Express & React from root

npm run dev

Build for production

cd client
npm run build