/nLog

Democratic Platform to write anti-political stuffs

Primary LanguageJavaScriptGNU Affero General Public License v3.0AGPL-3.0

nLog

Natural Way Of Blogging. By writing politcally incorrect things uwu

Built using ( MERN STACK )

MongoDB Express.js React NodeJS React Router TailwindCSS JWT

Try Now [ Deployment is online ( hopefully ) ]

Try nLog now

Screen-shots ( Aesthetic and Mild UI )

Design File: Checkout at Figma Screenshot of home page of nLog website Screenshot of home page of nLog website on mobile screen

Installation

  1. Make sure you have Node.js v16 or above
  2. Make sure you have npm (node package manager)
git clone https://github.com/SomnathDas/nLog.git
cd nLog
cd client
npm install
cd ..
cd server
npm install
cd ..

Configuration

Server

cd server
touch .env
nano .env
DB_URL=
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=
PORT=3000
ALLOWED_ORIGIN=http://localhost:3000
NODE_ENV=production

You can generate ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET, REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET using https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html

Client

cd client
touch .env
nano .env
REACT_APP_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000

Running the application

Development

**Run individually client and server on different ports ( Make sure to configure ports in above Configuration (.env files)

npm run start

Production

**Build client and run both client and server on same ports (This method can vary depending on how you choose to deploy )

npm run build

How to deploy the app on VPS (Virtual Private Server) ?

**I recommend the following tutorials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxw2j1-srVc https://github.com/safak/youtube/tree/mern-deployment

Special Thanks

  1. Favicon: Photo by Evie S. on Unsplash

  2. Login & Sign-Up Screen: Photo by Sime Basioli on Unsplash

Author

Somnath Das