Study Notion

Study Notion is a web application aimed at providing a comprehensive platform for online learning. It offers a range of features including course management, user authentication, payment integration, and more.

Technologies Used

Frontend

• React: JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
• Redux Toolkit: State management library for managing application state.
• React Router DOM: Library for routing in React applications.
• Axios: Promise-based HTTP client for making AJAX requests.
• React Hook Form: Library for managing forms in React.
• React Redux: Official React bindings for Redux.
• React Hot Toast: Toast notifications for React applications.
• Tailwind CSS: Utility-first CSS framework for styling.

Backend

• Express: Web application framework for Node.js.
• MongoDB: NoSQL database used for storing application data.
• Mongoose: MongoDB object modeling for Node.js.
• jsonwebtoken: JSON Web Token implementation for generating and verifying tokens.
• bcrypt: Library for hashing passwords.
• nodemailer: Module for sending emails from Node.js.
• cloudinary: Cloud-based image and video management service.
• cors: Middleware for enabling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing in Express.js.
• dotenv: Module for loading environment variables from a .env file.

Getting Started

To get started with the Study Notion project, follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/<your-github-username>/study-notion
3. Navigate to the project directory: cd study-notion
4. Install dependencies for both frontend and backend:

   cd src
   npm install
   cd server
   npm install

5. Set up environment variables:
   • Create a .env file in the server directory.
   • Define environment variables such as MongoDB connection URI, JWT secret, etc.
6. Start the backend server:

   npm start

7. Start the frontend development server:

   cd ../src
   npm start