devconnector_2.0 is a full-stack MERN example application that demonstrates how to build a social network for developers from scratch. The backend uses Node.js and Express with JWT-based authentication and MongoDB for persistence, modeling users, profiles, posts, and comments. The frontend is a React app that implements routing, protected pages, Redux-style state management, and UI flows such as registration, login, profile creation, and post feeds. It shows end-to-end patterns like form handling, API consumption, error handling, alerts, and deployment-ready configuration. The project is structured as teaching material, making trade-offs explicit and code approachable for newcomers to full-stack development. Learners can use it as a template for their own projects or as a reference for common MERN stack techniques.
Features
- MERN stack implementation with JWT auth and protected routes
- MongoDB models for users, profiles, posts, and comments
- React UI with routing, state management, and form workflows
- REST API patterns for CRUD operations and validation
- Example deployment configs and environment handling
- Educational codebase suitable as a starting template
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