StackOverflowClone

As the name suggests, this project is a clone of a famous Q/A website for professional and enthusiast programmers built solely by me using a completely different stack.

My Tech Stack (MERN)

Front-end

• Front-end Framework: React.js (with Redux)
• Styling: SASS and BOOTSTRAP

Back-end

• For handling server requests: Node.js with Express.js Framework
• As Database: MySQL
• API tested using: POSTMAN

Original Tech Stack

• For handling server requests: C#
• As Database: Microsoft SQL Server
• .NET as well

Guidelines to setup

Prerequisites

• NPM should be installed: NPM version > 6.8.5
• NODE should be installed: NODE LTS version > 10.12.8
• MySQL should be installed: MYSQL version > 8.0.10

Steps

1. Create a .env file and the format should be as given in .env.example.
2. Run these commands then -

   npm run installDep (To install all the dependencies)
   
   npm run auditDep (Run this to audit fix all the vulnerabilities)
   

3. Run databaseConfig.sql file in the mysql client

   source <file path>/databaseConfig.sql
   

4. Start the servers

   Option 1 (for running both the servers simultaneously):
   
   npm run dev
   
   Option 2 (for running both the servers individually):
   
   npm run server (for backend server only)
   
   npm run client (for frontend server only)
   

NOTE: Might take sometime to start as there will be 2 servers running.

DEMO

VIDEO - Watch the video

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