A Social Media web app made with React and MySQL

by React

React-Social-v1

Minimal social media web app which can allow users to login and post pictures with the ability to follow friends! Bonus Dark Mode toggle available.

Tech Stack

FrontEnd

  • ReactJS Lib
  • React ContextAPI for state management
  • SCSS for styling

BackEnd

  • NodeJS – Express
  • MySQL
  • JWT auth

Design

FlowGif

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For Dev

  • Clone this repo git clone https://github.com/pvishnuprasaath/react-social-v1.git (contains both client and api)

  • For Client

    • npm install to get all the dependencies
    • CORS enabled for client running at localhost:3000. Modify if needed
    • Complete the below server setup and finally run npm start

  • For Server

    • npm install to get all the dependencies
    • Install MySQL workbench and create a schema named ‘social’. /assets/social_db.sql is uploaded for easy schema import
    • Express is configured to run at localhost:8800. Client makes axios request here. Modify both client and server port if needed
    • provide mysql connection credentials in api/connect.js
    • npm run start will spin up the server

GitHub

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