job-tracker

A job tracking and management application.

Description

A full stack MERN application that helps the user track and manage their job applications.

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.

You can log-in with a test account:

email: test@test.com
pass:  test

MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js

User can view their pending applications and job statistics, together with an interchangeable chart.
User can Register, Log-in, Log-out of the app securely with authentication
Be able to search through their list of jobs added, with filter search options. Can quickly remove filters in one click.
User can view and browse their list of jobs.
Jobs have pagination so the user can browse all their jobs in manageable chunks and won't be overwhelmed.
Add Job with position, company, location, status, and type as parameters
Users can update their profile

Note: You are going to need an existing MongoDB Atlas account, to Get a Connection String.

1. Clone this repo (or download zip on GitHub)

2. Go to the directory the files are located

In the terminal:

```powershell
cd /job-tracker
```

3. Install dependencies

In the terminal:

```powershell
npm run install-dependencies
```

4. Create an .env file

Setup values for the following parameters:

MONGO_URL - should be equal to your MongoDB connection string
SECRET_KEY - any string that is secret to you. You can use this Key Generator
LIFETIME - the lifetime of the JWT. This will determine a few things for the app such as for how long a user can stay logged in.
PORT - is the port number you want the express server to listen to. 4000 by default.

Example of a .env file:

MONGO_URL="Your_MongoDB_Connection_String"
SECRET_KEY="Secret_Key_You_Generated_Random_Characters"
LIFETIME="1d"
PORT=4000

5. Run the app on localhost:3000

In the terminal:

npm run start

Now visit the URL:

A job tracking and management application.

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