StackOverflow CLONE

StackOverflowClone

Copyright © 2020 Mayank Aggarwal

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

Node.js with Express.js Framework
MySQL
POSTMAN

Original Tech Stack

C#
Microsoft SQL Server
.NET

Guidelines to setup

Prerequisites

NPM version > 6.8.5
NODE LTS version > 10.12.8
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 i (Install all the dependencies)
   
   cd client (Move to client directory)
   
   npm i (Install all the client side dependencies)
   
   npm audit fix (Run whenever it dhows that there are 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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