SocialBe | A Social Media Platform

A social media site where users can create their accounts and make posts, comments, likes, etc. A social media site where users can create their accounts and make posts, comments, likes, etc. Users can also chat with each other. Full Authorization and Authentication for all users.

Screenshots

Technologies Stack:

Components

• Node.js,MongoDB,Express.js,EJS
• Socket.io.
• Javascript,AJAX,jquery
• Sass,Css
• Nodemailer
• Notyjs
• MongoStore

Insights

• passport-jwt strategy for authentication and authorization.
• passport-google-oauth2 strategy for social authentication through google.
• used Nodemailer to send out emails on different events.
• used morgan to make production logs
• Notyjs for display notifications
• used socket.io for building chat feature
• separate environment for development and production
• Api's for deleting posts and comments

How to install

• Clone the project onto your local machine.
• Then cd SocialBe-App
• globally install and set mongodb
• npm install to install dependencies
• globally install nodemon
• nodemon index.js (run server in development mode)
• Visit your app at http://localhost:8000

Settings for Mailer and Google Sign In

• go to environment file in config
• add your Gmail id and password to use it to send invite mails
• add Google Oauth 2 credentials for google sign in/up