🎮 GameHub Capstone Project
@NeueFische Java Fullstack Bootcamp

📖 Description

GameHub is a web application designed to help users manage their game collections. With GameHub, users can:

• Add games to their library 🕹️
• Write reviews and ratings ✍️⭐
• Track their progress and goals 🎯
• Explore new games using real-time data fetched from external APIs like RAWG 🌐

It’s the ultimate tool for any gamer who wants to keep track of their gaming adventures in one place!

🚀 Features (Planned)

• User Authentication 🔒: Secure sign-up and login functionality.
• Personal Game Library 📚: Manage your game collection, categorize them, and add personal notes.
• Game Reviews & Ratings 📝: Share your thoughts and give star ratings for each game.
• Game Search 🔍: Search for new games by name using IGDB’s extensive database.
• Progress Tracking ⏳: Set goals, track achievements, and monitor completion percentages for each game.
• Interactive Dashboard 📊 (Future): Visualize gaming statistics and completion goals.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Backend

• Java 22 ☕: Modern Java for fast, reliable performance.
• Spring Boot 🌱: Backend framework for building RESTful APIs and handling business logic.
• MongoDB 🍃: NoSQL database for flexible and scalable data storage.
• RestTemplate/WebClient 📡: For interacting with external APIs like RAWG.

Frontend

• React ⚛️: Frontend library for building interactive user interfaces.
• TypeScript 🛡️: Statically typed JavaScript for better code reliability and development.
• Vite ⚡: A fast, modern build tool for frontend projects.
• React Router 🧭: Handle navigation and routing in the app.
• Material UI 🎨: A sleek and customizable component library for building a responsive UI.

CI/CD

• GitHub Actions: Automates builds, tests, and deployment. Triggers workflows for both frontend and backend when code is pushed or a pull request is made.
• Docker: Image creation and containerization on Render
• Render: Hosts the App, providing automatic deployment on each push to the main branch with zero-downtime updates.

External API Integration

• RAWG API 🎮: Fetch detailed game information (names, covers, genres) using RWAG's vast database.
  • Twitch Authentication 🧩: Used for authentication to access the IGDB API.

📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   
   git clone https://github.com/SimonSta95/GameHub_Capstone.git

Backend

2. Install dependencies and run the application:

   
   mvn clean install
   mvn spring-boot:run

3. Ensure MongoDB is running locally or connected to a MongoDB Atlas cluster.

4. The backend will be available at http://localhost:8080/.

   Frontend

5. Install the required packages and run the development server:

   
   npm install
   npm run dev

6. The frontend will be available at http://localhost:5173/.