WanderLust is a simple MERN travel blog website ✈ This project is aimed to help people to contribute in open source, upskill in react and also master git.

At its core, this project embodies two important aims:

1. Start Your Open Source Journey: It's aimed to kickstart your open-source journey. Here, you'll learn the basics of Git and get a solid grip on the MERN stack and I strongly believe that learning and building should go hand in hand.
2. React Mastery: Once you've got the basics down, a whole new adventure begins of mastering React. This project covers everything, from simple form validation to advanced performance enhancements. And I've planned much more cool stuff to add in the near future if the project hits more number of contributors.

I'd love for you to make the most of this project - it's all about learning, helping, and growing in the open-source world.

1. Fork and Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/{your-username}/wanderlust.git

2. Navigate to the Backend Directory

cd backend

3. Install Required Dependencies

npm ci

4. Set up your MongoDB Database

   • Open MongoDB Compass and connect MongoDB locally at mongodb://localhost:27017.

5. Import sample data To populate the database with sample posts, you can copy the content from the backend/data/sample_posts.json file and insert it as a document in the wanderlust/posts collection in your local MongoDB database using either MongoDB Compass or mongoimport.

mongoimport --db wanderlust --collection posts --file ./data/sample_posts.json --jsonArray

6. Configure Environment Variables

cp .env.sample .env

7. Start the Backend Server

npm start

You should see Server is running on port 5000 on your terminal output.

1. Open a New Terminal

cd frontend

2. Install Dependencies

npm ci

3. Configure Environment Variables

cp .env.sample .env.local

4. Launch the Development Server

npm run dev

Kindly go through CONTRIBUTING.md to understand everything from setup to contributing guidelines.

If you find this project interesting and inspiring, please consider showing your support by starring it on GitHub! Your star goes a long way in helping me reach more developers and encourages me to keep enhancing the project.

🚀 Feel free to get in touch with me for any further queries or support, happy to help :)