Syncronus. MongoDB Express React Node project

Syncronus is a Realtime Chat App. which features message channels & direct messages to other users including emoji, upload files, download files in realtime.

The dependencies that this project uses:

Frontend

-react-router-dom: For routing

-tailwind for stayling

-fetch: For making HTTP requests

-context API: For state management SocketJS

-Redux Toolkit : For State management feature

-cookie : For authentication

Backend

-express: For creating the server

-mongoose: For interacting with MongoDB

-cors: For handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

-dotenv: For managing environment variables

-zod: For validation user

-bcryptjs: For hashing passwords

-jsonwebtoken: For authentication

-nodemon: For automatic server restarts during development

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed on your machine:

• Node.js: Download and install Node.js
• npm: Node.js package manager (comes with Node.js installation)

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/anwarhakim31/Realtime-Chat.git Syncronus

2. Navigate to front project directory:

   cd Syncronus

3. Navigate to backend directory and install depedencies

   cd backend
   npm install

4. Navigate to frontend directory and install depedencies

   cd ..
   cd frontend
   npm install 

Setup Environment

1. Create a .env file in the root backend of your project.

   PORT="8080"

   JWT_KEY=

   ORIGIN="http://localhost:5173"

   DATABASE_URL=

   AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=

   AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=

   AWS_REGION=

   AWS_S3_BUCKET=

2. Create a .env file in the root frontend of your project.

   VITE_SERVER_URL = "http://localhost:2001"

Development

1. To start the server, run:

   npm run dev

2. To start the frontend, run :

   npm run dev

Deployment

Deploy the dist directory to your hosting platform of choice.