Cozy, Tea, Community

My final project for ALX SE program.

Introduction

Explore social media with this user-friendly platform that has a nice look and lots of features. Easily create and explore posts, and enjoy a strong authentication system and quick data fetching using React Query for a smooth user experience.

Tech Stack

• React.js
• Appwrite
• React Query
• TypeScript
• Shadcn
• Tailwind CSS

Features

👉 Authentication System: A robust authentication system ensuring security and user privacy

👉 Explore Page: Homepage for users to explore posts, with a featured section for top creators

👉 Like and Save Functionality: Enable users to like and save posts, with dedicated pages for managing liked and saved content

👉 Detailed Post Page: A detailed post page displaying content and related posts for an immersive user experience

👉 Profile Page: A user profile page showcasing liked posts and providing options to edit the profile

👉 Browse Other Users: Allow users to browse and explore other users' profiles and posts

👉 Create Post Page: Implement a user-friendly create post page with effortless file management, storage, and drag-drop feature

👉 Edit Post Functionality: Provide users with the ability to edit the content of their posts at any time

👉 Responsive UI with Bottom Bar: A responsive UI with a bottom bar, enhancing the mobile app feel for seamless navigation

👉 React Query Integration: Incorporate the React Query (Tanstack Query) data fetching library for, Auto caching to enhance performance, Parallel queries for efficient data retrieval, First-class Mutations, etc

👉 Backend as a Service (BaaS) - Appwrite: Utilize Appwrite as a Backend as a Service solution for streamlined backend development, offering features like authentication, database, file storage, and more

Quick Start

Follow these steps to set up the project locally on your machine.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your machine:

• Git
• Node.js
• npm (Node Package Manager)

Cloning the Repository

git clone https://github.com/KarimaTouhami/the-tea-is-gone
cd the-tea-is-gone

Installation

Install the project dependencies using npm:

npm install

Set Up Environment Variables

Create a new file named .env in the root of your project and add the following content:

VITE_APPWRITE_URL=
VITE_APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID=
VITE_APPWRITE_DATABASE_ID=
VITE_APPWRITE_STORAGE_ID=
VITE_APPWRITE_USER_COLLECTION_ID=
VITE_APPWRITE_POST_COLLECTION_ID=
VITE_APPWRITE_SAVES_COLLECTION_ID=

Replace the placeholder values with your actual Appwrite credentials. You can obtain these credentials by signing up on the Appwrite website.

Running the Project

npm start

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser to view the project.