Networq - Professional Social Media Platform

Networq is a full-stack social networking application built for seamless professional and personal interaction. It features a robust connection management system, real-time engagement tools, and a centralized state management architecture.

🔗 Links

https://networq-olive.vercel.app/

Features

• Secure Authentication: User signup and login with protected routes.

• Connection System: Send and accept connection requests to build your professional network.

• Content Creation: Create, delete (author-only), and manage posts.

• Social Engagement: Interactive Like, Comment, and Share functionality on user posts.

• Profile Management: View detailed user profiles with a specialized "Download Profile" feature (PDF/Export).

• State Management: Centralized data flow using Redux to ensure UI consistency across the app.

Tech Stacks

• Frontend - "Next.js, React.js, Tailwind CSS"
• State Management - Redux (Toolkit)
• Backend - "Node.js, Express.js"
• Database - MongoDB (Mongoose)
• Authentication - bcrypt

Colne the Reposatory

git clone https://github.com/derek-aman/socialmedia.git
cd socialmedia

Installation

Install my-project with npm

# Install backend dependencies
cd backend
npm install

# Install frontend dependencies
cd ../frontend
npm install

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root of your backend folder

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_uri

Run the Application

# Run Backend (from /backend folder)
npm run dev

# Run Frontend (from /frontend folder)
npm run dev

Data Model

API Flow