< Codeial /> 🚀

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⭐ Introduction

Codeial is a Social Media Website designed using Full Stack Web Development through Back-End Technology of MEN Stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, NodeJS), RedisDB, GulpJS & Passport Auths. Users are able to create, share the posts and connect with each other across the platform. This website is completely Responsive across all the Devices.

• Users are able to login through social & manual login. They can also reset their passwords using 'Forgot Password'.
• Users receive emails for resetting password links, for creating post-comments, profile updation, account creation, receiving comments.
• Users can chat with other users. Users get notified when they receive a new message & also when the other friend is online.
• Users can like both posts - comments & can create the posts and comments.
• Users can update their profiles.
• Users can add other users as friends.
• JWT functionality is also present in the code but is not used.
  
  

🔥 Getting Started With The Project

• Fork the Project in your Repository.
• Clone the Forked Repository in your Local System.
• Install & Configure - NodeJS, MongoDB, Robo3T, POSTMAN, WSL & Redis Server
• Create '.env' file & Set the Environment Variables in it, as per the 'ENV_FORMAT.json' file.
• Run 'npm install' in GitBash Terminal
• Go to 'package.json' & inside the 'SCRIPTS', find "start":"...."
  Change it to - "start": "nodemon index.js",
• If you want to run the project in development mode locally then go to '.env' file & set, ENVIRONMENT=development
  DEPLOYMENT=local
• If you want to run the project in production mode locally then go to '.env' file & set, ENVIRONMENT=production
  DEPLOYMENT=local
• Run 'redis-server' in WSL Terminal
• Run 'npm start' in GitBash Terminal
• Enjoy :)

For any issues related to the project, raise an ISSUE in the respective Repository.

🔨 Tools Used

• Library:
  • @socket.io/admin-ui
  • connect-flash
  • connect-mongo
  • cookie-parser
  • cors
  • crypto
  • del
  • dotenv
  • ejs
  • express
  • express-ejs-layouts
  • express-session
  • express-validator
  • gulp
  • gulp-cssnano
  • gulp-imagemin
  • gulp-rev
  • gulp-sass
  • gulp-uglify-es
  • jsonwebtoken
  • kue
  • mongoose
  • morgan
  • multer
  • node-sass-middleware
  • nodemailer
  • nodemon
  • noty
  • passport
  • passport-facebook
  • passport-jwt
  • passport-google-oauth
  • passport-local
  • rotating-file-stream
  • socket.io
  • socket.io-client
  • validator
• Framework: ExpressJS
• Database: MongoDB, RedisDB
• Version Control System: Git
• VCS Hosting: GitHub
• Programming / Scripting: JavaScript
• Front-End: HTML, CSS, EJS
• Runtime Environment: NodeJS
• Integrated Development Environment: VSCode
  
  

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I hope you like the project. Thanks for reading :)