aaryan182 / blog-mern

Blog Platform with MERN Stack

This project is a full-stack blog platform built using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js). It features user authentication, post creation, comments, and a dashboard for managing posts and comments.

Features

• User Authentication: Sign up, sign in, and sign out functionality.
• Blog Posts: Users can create, update, and delete their blog posts.
• Comments: Users can comment on posts and manage their comments.
• Dashboard: A dashboard for users to manage their posts and comments, with additional admin privileges for managing all users.

Technology Stack

• Frontend: React for the UI, Redux for state management, Tailwind CSS for styling.
• Backend: Node.js with Express.js for the server, MongoDB for the database.
• Authentication: Custom authentication system using JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
• Deployment: (Specify your deployment platform and any CI/CD tools you use, if applicable)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• MongoDB

Installation

• Clone the repository:
• git clone https://github.com/aaryan182/blog-mern.git

Install backend dependencies:

• cd blog-mern
• npm install

Install frontend dependencies:

• cd client
• npm install

Create a .env file in the root directory and add your MongoDB URI and JWT secret key:

makefile

• MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_uri
• JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

Start the backend server:

• npm start

Start the frontend development server:

• cd client
• npm run dev

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue for any bugs or feature requests.