Social App

A social application that allows users to connect with each other, share content, and stay up-to-date with their friends and interests.

Installation

To install and set up the Social App on your local machine, follow these steps:

Clone the repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/htmujahid/social-app.git

Install PHP dependencies via Composer:

cd social-app
composer install

Install JavaScript dependencies via npm:

npm install

Copy the .env.example file to .env and update the database connection settings to match your environment:

cp .env.example .env

Generate an application key:

php artisan key:generate

Compile the frontend assets:

npm run dev

Here are the default admin email and password that will be seeded into the database, but these can be changed in the .env file.

SUPER_ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@social.com
SUPER_ADMIN_PASSWORD=12345678

Start the development server:

php artisan serve

Visit http://localhost:8000 in your web browser to see the Social App in action. For accessing admin panel with admin role, you can access it on http://localhost:8000/admin

User authentication: Users can sign up, log in, and manage their account settings.
User profiles: Users can create and edit their profiles, add a profile picture, and display their interests and activities.
Friends system: Users can add other users as friends and view their friends' profiles and activities.
Newsfeed: Users can view a newsfeed of updates from their friends and the pages and groups they follow.
Content sharing: Users can share text and photos with their friends and the public.

Laravel: The backend of the application is built with Laravel, a PHP framework.
Vue.js: The frontend of the application is built with Vue.js, a JavaScript framework.
MySQL: The application uses MySQL as its database.
Tailwind CSS: The frontend of the application is styled with Tailwind CSS, a popular utility-first CSS framework.