Medium Clone

A fully functional Medium-like platform built with Hono and React, featuring article creation, reading, updating, and deletion. The project includes user authentication, profile management.

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Features

• Authentication

  • User registration and login (JWT-based authentication).
  • Secure password hashing.

• Articles

  • Create, update, and delete articles.
  • View articles by other users.

• Profiles

  • View user-specific articles and profiles.

• Backend

  • Serverless backend with Hono.
  • Robust error handling and input validation.

• Frontend

  • Responsive and interactive UI using React.
  • Clean layout inspired by Medium's design.

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Tech Stack

Backend

• Hono: Lightweight and fast web framework.
• PostgreSQL: Relational database for storing user and article data.
• Prisma ORM: For database modeling and queries.
• JSON Web Tokens (JWT): Authentication.

Frontend

• React: Frontend library for building the UI.
• React Router: For navigation and routing.
• Axios: For API communication.
• Tailwind CSS: Styling the frontend components.

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Installation and Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js (>= 16.0.0)
• PostgreSQL (local or cloud-based instance)

Steps

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/medium-clone.git
   cd medium-clone

2. Backend Setup

   cd backend
   npm install
   cp .env.example .env
   
   # Update the .env file with your PostgreSQL URI and JWT secret
   
   npx prisma migrate dev
   npm start

3.Frontend Setup

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev