SomnathDas / nLog

Democratic Platform to write anti-political stuffs

nLog

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Natural Way Of Blogging. By writing politcally incorrect things uwu

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Built using ( MERN STACK )

Try Now [ Deployment is online ( hopefully ) ]

Try nLog now

Screen-shots ( Aesthetic and Mild UI )

Design File: Checkout at Figma

Installation

1. Make sure you have Node.js v16 or above
2. Make sure you have npm (node package manager)

git clone https://github.com/SomnathDas/nLog.git

cd nLog

cd client

npm install

cd ..

cd server

npm install

cd ..

Configuration

Server

cd server

touch .env

nano .env

DB_URL=
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=
PORT=3000
ALLOWED_ORIGIN=http://localhost:3000
NODE_ENV=production

You can generate ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET, REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET using https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html

Client

cd client

touch .env

nano .env

REACT_APP_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000

Running the application

Development

**Run individually client and server on different ports ( Make sure to configure ports in above Configuration (.env files)

npm run start

Production

**Build client and run both client and server on same ports (This method can vary depending on how you choose to deploy )

npm run build

How to deploy the app on VPS (Virtual Private Server) ?

**I recommend the following tutorials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxw2j1-srVc https://github.com/safak/youtube/tree/mern-deployment

Special Thanks

1. Favicon: Photo by Evie S. on Unsplash

2. Login & Sign-Up Screen: Photo by Sime Basioli on Unsplash

Author

Somnath Das

• My Portfolio -> https://somnath.me
• My Github -> https://github.com/SomnathDas
• My Instagram -> https://instagram.com/samurai3247