Book Review Application

Welcome to the Book Review Full Stack MERN Application! This repository contains the source code for a web application built using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js).

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Configuration
• Running the Application
• Project Structure -Notes For Evaluators

Introduction

This Project was created as a part of assignment task for gushwork, https://gist.github.com/punit1108/9b2058682fcb62952ed9fed0572445d5

Features

• User authentication and authorization
• RESTful API endpoints
• Front-end built with React and Ant Design
• Database integration with MongoDB
• Environment configuration with dotenv

Prerequisites

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

• Node.js
• npm
• MongoDB

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/AkashShukla09/BookReviewApplication

2. Install dependencies for both the server and client:

   # Install server-side dependencies
   cd server-side
   npm install
   
   # Install client-side dependencies
   cd ../client-side
   npm install

Configuration

For simplicity of project setup, I have pushed .env as well.

Running the Application

1. Start the server:

   cd server-side
   npm start

2. Start the client:

   cd ../client-side
   npm start

3. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3002/login incase React app doesnot open it automatically.

Project Structure

mern-application/
│
├── client/           # React front-end code
│   ├── public/
│   └── src/
│       ├── components/
│       ├── App.js
│       ├── index.js
│       └── ...
│
├── server/           # Express.js back-end code
│   ├── config/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── middleware/
│   ├── index.js
│   ├── .env
│   └── ...
│
├── .gitignore
└── README.md

Notes For Evaluators

I have Implemented all the funtionalities in the assignment including the optional.

Things I have missed: A page to check the faviroute books of an user. Though the API works perfectly fine.

I have also added Postman API collection JSON in the root folder which can be used to verify all API endpoints in one click via importing it into Postman.