Social Network Developer App

Project Overview

The Social Network Developer App is a modern social networking platform designed specifically for developers. It connects developers by providing a robust environment for sharing ideas, building connections, and exploring new opportunities. This application combines the power of Django and Django-Rest-Framework for the backend with a dynamic React frontend, offering a seamless and interactive user experience.

Technologies

Frontend:

• React: A JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
• Redux: A state management library for React applications.
• React-Router-Dom: For routing and navigation.
• Axios: For making HTTP requests.
• Moment: For date and time manipulation.
• React-Moment: Integration with Moment.js for React.

Backend:

• Django: A high-level Python web framework for building the backend.
• Django-Rest-Framework: A powerful and flexible toolkit for building Web APIs.

Development Tools:

• Node.js and npm: For managing JavaScript dependencies and running development scripts.
• Python and pip: For managing Python dependencies and running Django commands.

Installation

Frontend (React)

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Start the development server:

   npm start

3. Build for production:

   npm run build

   • The proxy is set to http://localhost:8000 in package.json. You can configure axios.defaults.baseURL to https://api.example.com if needed.

Backend (Django)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/devmahmud/DevConnector-Django.git

2. Install the required Python packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure GitHub API credentials:

   Edit settings.py and add your GitHub credentials:

   GIT_CLIENT_ID = 'your github client id'
   GIT_CLIENT_SECRET = 'your github client secret'

4. Run database migrations:

   python manage.py makemigrations
   python manage.py migrate

5. Start the development server:

   python manage.py runserver

   The server will be accessible at http://127.0.0.1:8000.

   • Ensure to whitelist your host origin using django-cors-headers for production. See Documentation

Testing

To run the tests:

python manage.py test

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Author

Developed by Marcus Wilkes