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.gitignore

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+.DS_Store
+server/.env
+*/node_modules
+settings.json

README.md

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+# <p align="center">🌐 ONetwork Forum</p>
+
+<p align="center"><img src="images/Capture_Forum.png" alt="Outlook" style="max-width: 100% !important"></p>
+<p align="center">✨🚀<em>Full-stack forum website built with MERN Stack (ReactJS, NodeJS, ExpressJS, MongoDB).</em>✨🚀</p>
+
+---
+
+### <p align="center">☄ Features ☄</p>
+
+- User authentication using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) with BFF (Backend-For-Frontend) security pattern.
+- Allow users to create, read and delete topics.
+- Allow users to create, read and delete comments.
+- Allow users to create, read and delete replies.
+- Search engine for searching topics supported with sorting filters.
+- Allow users to upvote and downvote topics and comments.
+- Allow users to see their published comments, created topics, upvoted topics, their following list and their followers list.
+- Allow users to reset their account password if they forgot it.
+- Nested comments threading.
+- Homepage feed (Front Page).
+- Allow users to follow each other.
+- Allow users to edit their profile informations and change their profile avatar and cover.
+- Users can't access their account after signin-up till they activate it from the link sent to the email associated with their account.
+- Sending users an email in case they request a password reset or an email verification.
+- ... And more to come with next updates!
+  <br>
+
+---
+
+## <p align="center">❓ How to use ❓</p>
+
+<br>
+<p align="center"><strong>1- Clone this repo.</strong></p>
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/ilyasbelfar/ONetwork-Forum.git
+cd ONetwork-Forum
+```
+
+<p align="center"><strong>2- Install Client dependencies.</strong></p>
+
+```
+cd client/
+npm i
+```
+
+<p align="center"><strong>3- Install Server dependencies.</strong></p>
+
+```
+cd server/
+npm i
+```
+
+<p align="center"><strong>4- Configure environment variables by creating .env file in the server directory and copy the content of env.example file in .env file, and fill it with your own secrets.</strong></p>
+
+```
+cd server/
+cp env.example .env
+```
+
+<p align="center"><strong>5- Create a MongoDB database and name it 'my_app', You can use MongoDB Atlas cloud free tier.</strong></p>
+
+<p align="center"><strong>6- Start server.</strong></p>
+
+```
+cd server/
+npm start
+```
+
+<p align="center"><strong>7- Start client in another terminal while the server is running.</strong></p>
+
+```
+cd client/
+npm start
+```
+
+---
+
+## <p align="center">📌 Other 📌</p>
+
+<br>
+<p align="center">I encourages contributions! Feel free to discuss any bug fixes/features in the issues section. And if you wish to work on this project:</p>
+
+1. Fork [this project](https://github.com/ilyasbelfar/ONetwork-Forum)
+2. Create a branch (`git checkout -b new-branch`)
+3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'add new feature'`)
+4. Push to the branch (`git push origin new-branch`)
+5. [Submit a pull request!](https://github.com/ilyasbelfar/ONetwork-Forum/pull/new/master)

VSCode_Extensions.txt

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+code --install-extension christian-kohler.path-intellisense
+code --install-extension dbaeumer.vscode-eslint
+code --install-extension Equinusocio.vsc-community-material-theme
+code --install-extension Equinusocio.vsc-material-theme
+code --install-extension equinusocio.vsc-material-theme-icons
+code --install-extension esbenp.prettier-vscode
+code --install-extension formulahendry.auto-close-tag
+code --install-extension PKief.material-icon-theme
+code --install-extension PKief.material-product-icons