Social Echo

Abstract

1. Introduction

The project is a social networking platform built using the MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) stack. It incorporates two major features: an automated content moderation system and context-based authentication. These features are accompanied by common functionalities found in social media applications, such as profile creation, post creation and sharing, liking and commenting on posts, and following/unfollowing users.

A social networking platform with automated content moderation and context-based authentication system.

2. Objective

Social networking platform with automated content moderation and context-based authentication system

This project demonstrates how JavaScript, Express, MongoDB can be applied to a real-world Full Stack Web Development problem.

3. Key Features / Modules

• User authentication and authorization (JWT)
• User profile creation and management
• Post creation and management
• Commenting on posts
• Liking posts and comments
• Following/unfollowing users
• Reporting posts
• Content moderation
• Context-based authentication
• Device management

4. Technology Stack

• React.js
• Express.js
• Tailwind CSS
• JWT Authentication
• Passport.js
• Nodemailer
• Crypto-js
• Azure Blob Storage

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• Node.js (LTS) and npm
• A modern web browser
• VS Code or any code editor
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/nz-m/SocialEcho.git
cd SocialEcho

1. Clone the repository
2. Go to the project directory and install dependencies for both the client and server
3. Create a .env file in both the client and server directories and add the environment variables as shown in the .env.example files.
4. Start the server
5. Start the client

git clone https://github.com/nz-m/SocialEcho.git

cd client
npm install

cd server
npm install

cd server
npm start

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Add role-based access control
• Deploy on a VPS or cPanel hosting with a custom domain
• Add automated tests and a CI pipeline

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. Explain the frontend, backend and database layers of this application.
2. How is user authentication and authorisation implemented?
3. Describe the main database tables / collections and their relationships.
4. Which REST APIs or routes are exposed and what do they return?
5. How would you deploy this application to production?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by nz-m and published on GitHub under the MIT License. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.