sameer-soni / FriendZone

Social Media website using MERN stack

FriendZone (Work in Progress)

Description

A social media website built using the MERN stack, where users can connect with others, share posts, and interact with content.

Technologies Used

• Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB
• Authentication: JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
• Real-time Chat: Socket.io

Features

• User registration and login
• Create and edit user profiles
• Post and delete content
• Like and comment on posts
• Send and accept friend requests
• Real-time chat functionality for private messaging

Getting Started

To setup the project locally, fork and clone it, then follow these simple steps:

Installation

1. In both 'backend' and 'frontend' folder, do

   npm i

2. To start the backend server, navigate to backend directory

   npm run dev

3. To start the frontend server, navigate to frontend directory

   npm run dev

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community to improve and add new features to our social media website. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork the Project.
2. Clone the forked repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/sameer-soni/Social-Media-website.git

3. Create your feature branch.

   git branch feature

   Do checkout to it

   git checkout feature

4. Commit your changes

   git add .
   git commit -m "Add your commit message here"

5. Push the branch

   git push origin feature

6. Open a Pull Request.