A simple social media app built using React, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.

• Features
• Technologies
• Prerequisites
• Getting Started
• Folder Structure
• Contributing
• License

• User registration and login: Users can create an account and log in using their registered credentials.
• Post creation: Logged-in users can create posts and share their thoughts or content with others.
• Friend management: Users can add friends and view their friend list.
• Image uploading: Users can upload pictures to include in their posts.

React, MongoDB, React-router , Mongoose, Redux toolkit, NodeJS, ExpressJS, Material UI

• Node.js and npm installed on your machine
• MongoDB database connection string
• JSON Web Token secret

    git clone https://github.com/Samowusu/HEY-CONNECT.git

1. Install dependencies:

    cd hey-connect-backend
    npm install

2. Configure the environment variables:

• Create a .env file in the root directory of the project.

• Define the necessary environment variables, such as the MongoDB connection string and JSON Web Token secret.

  For example:

    MONGO_URL=<your mongo connection string>
    PORT=3001
    JWT_SECRET=<your json web token secret>
    JWT_LIFETIME=30d
  

  Replace <your mongo connection string> and <your json web token secret> with your actual MongoDB connection string and JSON Web Token secret respectively.

3. Start the development server:

    npm start

1. Install dependencies:

    cd hey-connect-frontend
    npm install

2. Start the development server:

    npm start

• hey-connect-backend
  • config
  • controllers
  • db
  • errors
  • middleware
  • mockData
  • models
  • public
  • routes
• hey-connect-frontend
  • public
  • src
    • assets
      • images
    • components
      • commons
      • widgets
    • config
    • screens
      • home
      • login
      • profile
    • state

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, feel free to submit a pull request.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.