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Social Media Dashboard

Difficulty: Advanced

Social platform with posts, likes, comments, follow system, infinite scroll feed, and real-time notifications.

Estimated Time: 7-10 days

Learning Objectives

This project will challenge you to combine multiple advanced concepts from your Full Stack Open learning. You'll integrate authentication, complex state management, real-time features, and third-party services into a production-ready application.

Project Requirements

Core Features

  • Complete MERN stack with authentication (JWT)
  • Responsive UI that works on all devices
  • Proper error handling and validation
  • Clean code structure with reusable components
  • Database design with proper relationships
  • RESTful API following best practices

Technical Requirements

  • React with hooks (useState, useEffect, useContext, custom hooks)
  • React Router for navigation
  • State management (Redux/Context as needed)
  • Express.js backend with middleware
  • MongoDB with Mongoose schemas
  • Environment variables for configuration
  • Git version control with clear commits
  • Deployed to production (Render/Vercel/Netlify)

Bonus Challenges

  • Write tests with Jest and React Testing Library
  • Implement E2E tests with Playwright
  • Add performance optimizations
  • Implement caching strategies
  • Add comprehensive logging
  • Set up CI/CD pipeline
Recommended Stack

Technologies: Redux, Socket.io, Infinite scroll, Express, MongoDB (aggregation)

💡 Development Tips:

Plan before coding - sketch your database schema, API endpoints, and component hierarchy. Build features incrementally and test as you go. Use git branches for new features. Don't skip error handling and validation. Deploy early and often. Ask for code reviews. Most importantly: learn from mistakes and iterate!

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