MiniSOS

A minimalistic 'social media' where users can write, edit, delete, and see self or other's posts.

Initially, this was a repository of RISTEK Web Development Recruitment Assignment which then rebranded to MiniSOS. The deployed application can be found here.

Note: Make sure to turn off any custom DNS settings. Sometimes the website cannot be opened if you set a certain DNS settings for some reason. (Cyclic is weird I know)

Local Installation

Pre-Installation Notes

These installation steps were made for Windows OS as this was tested on Windows 11 Home (Version 21H2)

Prerequisites

• Node JS (Node.js main page) (This project uses version 16.19.0)
• MongoDB

  • Download MongoDB Community Version (Download page) (This project was run version 6.0.3)

  • Install MongoDB Community Version

    • Choose custom installation and change the installation folder to C:\mongodb (optional as this was done to easily locate it)
    • Continue until Service Configuration page shows up. Untick "Install MongoD as a Service"
    • Untick "Install MongoDB Compass" (optional)
    • Restart PC if necessary
    • Open powershell and create a directory using command mkdir C:\data
    • Create a subdirectory using command mkdir C:\data\db
    • Close powershell
    • Add system environment variable to MongoDB bin folder (in this case add C:\mongodb\bin)

  • Download Mongo Shell (Download page) (This project was run on version 1.6.2)

  • Install Mongo Shell

    • Add system environment variable to Mongo Shell installation folder (the default is C:\Program Files\mongosh\)

How to Run Locally

1. Clone this repository
2. Install the necessary packages using npm install
3. This project uses an env file. An env-template file is provided.
4. Open powershell, run mongod
5. Open another powershell, run mongosh (Performing MongoDB queries can be done in this powershell window)
6. Run node index.js in the root folder of the project
7. Go to localhost:3000