A Social Media Application
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Table of Contents
1. [Introduction](#introduction)
2. ⚙️ [Tech Stack](#tech-stack)
3. [Features](#features)
4. [Quick Start](#quick-start)
5. ️ [Snippets](#snippets)
6. [Links](#links)
7. [More](#more)
## Tutorial
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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.
If you're getting started and need assistance or face any bugs, join our active Discord community with over 27k+ members. It's a place where people help each other out.
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⚙️ Tech Stack
- React.js
- Appwrite
- React Query
- TypeScript
- Shadcn
- Tailwind CSS
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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
and many more, including code architecture and reusability
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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](https://git-scm.com/)
- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en)
- [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) (Node Package Manager)
**Cloning the Repository**
```bash
git clone https://github.com/adrianhajdin/social_media_app.git
cd social_media_app
```
**Installation**
Install the project dependencies using npm:
```bash
npm install
```
**Set Up Environment Variables**
Create a new file named `.env` in the root of your project and add the following content:
```env
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](https://appwrite.io/).
**Running the Project**
```bash
npm start
```
Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) in your browser to view the project.
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️ Snippets
constants.index.ts
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globals.css
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queryKeys.ts
```typescript
export enum QUERY_KEYS {
// AUTH KEYS
CREATE_USER_ACCOUNT = "createUserAccount",
// USER KEYS
GET_CURRENT_USER = "getCurrentUser",
GET_USERS = "getUsers",
GET_USER_BY_ID = "getUserById",
// POST KEYS
GET_POSTS = "getPosts",
GET_INFINITE_POSTS = "getInfinitePosts",
GET_RECENT_POSTS = "getRecentPosts",
GET_POST_BY_ID = "getPostById",
GET_USER_POSTS = "getUserPosts",
GET_FILE_PREVIEW = "getFilePreview",
// SEARCH KEYS
SEARCH_POSTS = "getSearchPosts",
}
```
tailwind.config.js
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types.index.ts
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useDebounce.ts
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utils.ts
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Links
Assets used in the project are [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/13_7FofRAC3wARqPtAVPi53QNJJRd5RH_/view?usp=sharing)
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