buzz_social_preview.mp4
Welcome to Buzz Social, my first portfolio project! a social media website with many cool features.
Buzz Social is built using the following technologies and frameworks:
- Front-end: React.js, Tailwind Css
- Back-end: Sanity.io - A CMS (=Content Management System) that allows for easy content management and structuring, perfect for a content-driven website like Buzz Social.
- Database: Sanity.io + GROQ (=Graph-Relational Object Queries) *GROQ is Sanity's unique query language
- Authentication: Google Oauth + JWT (=JSON Web Tokens)
- Routing: React Router
- User Authentication: Easily log in with your google account.
- Posts Feed: Feed displaying posts from people around the world. Save, download & comment on posts.
- Post Creation: Create and publish your own post with a title, about section, link to a relevant source for further knowledge & select the relevant category.
- Explore: Discover new categories and users based on your interests. Browse by categories on the side menu.
- Search: Search for a specific post by it's category/title/about section.
- User Profile: View all posts created by you and all posts saved by you.
To install and run Buzz Social locally, follow these steps:
- Clone the repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/RoyTennenbaum/buzzSocial.git
- Navigate to the project directory (to the frontend folder):
$ cd buzzSocial
$ cd frontend
- Install the required dependencies:
$ npm i
- Set up the environment variables:
- Create a
.envfile in the frontend root directory. - Define the following variables:
REACT_APP_GOOGLE_API_TOKEN = ^create on google cloud, follow instructions there^ REACT_APP_SANITY_PROJECT_ID = ^create an account on sanity and then create a project there, name it Buzz Social or however you like^ REACT_APP_SANITY_TOKEN = ^same as above^
- Run the app:
$ npm start