A DEV.to clone using MERN stack
DEV.to Clone
A DEV.to clone created with MongoDB, Express, React, and Socket.io
Live Site
Backend API
Tech
- UI: React
- Routing: React Router
- Real-time Notifications: Socket.io
- Backend: Express
- Database: MongoDB
- ORM: Mongoose
- Image hosting: Cloudinary
Features
- Login / Signup
- Google Oauth
- Create / Remove / Update / Delete Post
- Like / Unicorn / Bookmark Post
- Reading List
- Create / Add Tags to Post
- Follow Tags
- Find Posts by Tags
- Comment / Replies
- Like Comment
- Edit / Delete Comment
- View Profile
- Edit Profile
- Follow User
- Search Posts
- Real-time Notifications
How to setup locally
Clone
Clone the repo to your local machine using https://github.com/eknoorpreet/dev.to-clone
Setup
Install npm dependencies in both client and server subdirectories using npm install
$ cd server && npm install
$ cd client && npm install
Set up a MongoDB database either locally or online via MongoDB Atlas
Create a Cloudinary account
Create a new project on Google Cloud Platform
Create a .env file in in both client and server subdirectories
Set up the following environment variables
In client/.env:
REACT_APP_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5000/api
REACT_APP_SOCKET_IO_URL=http://localhost:5000
REACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>
In server/.env:
DB_USER= //user name for db
DB_PASSWORD= //password for db
DB_NAME= // name for db
JWT_KEY= //random string
//cloundiary will provide you with the following credentials
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME= //cloud name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY= //API key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET; //API secret
//Google will provide you with the following credentials
GOOGLE_API_KEY = //API key
Finally, run npm start in both client and server subdirectories
$ cd server && npm start
$ cd client && npm start