Full walkthrough video of this project - https://youtu.be/s7SPGE-qIiA?si=m6LxpbyuUsM8Nm1k

𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 : React.js, Node.js, Express.js, JAVA, SQL, Rest API, MySQL, MongoDB

• Created a fully functional social media website where users can create accounts and then log in. Users can upload, edit, and delete posts. Users can like, comment on posts, search other users, and can follow them and can view whom they are following or who are followers of them. Users also can engage in 𝟭𝘃𝟭 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀.

• Every user will have a newsfeed, generated by user-favourite tags. User-favorite tags are those tags that the user generally loves to add to his/her posts.

• Implemented 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁.𝗜𝗢 to have a real-time updation in like and comment box without reloading the page.

• Integrated a system to 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 to all active users in real-time by maintaining a persistent connection between client and server using Socket.IO.

• Added a feature for users to search for other users efficiently, and achieved logarithmic search time. This was done by implementing 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 on local storage to have a 𝗹𝗼𝗴(𝗻) 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 and incorporated 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 and indexing in the database to further reduce search time.

• Utilized 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿.𝗷𝘀 to provide cropping and zooming features for images before they are uploaded as profile photos.

• Also implemented a real-time chatting system to have seamless communication between users.