This was made for the 2nd TechWithTim CodeJam, Discord name: salt#3014

This project is a platform made for students to get help on homework and assignments. Students can share questions, answer questions, and give feedback.

Go to hw.satvikreddy.com to check it out.

NOTE: Github shows that this repo has two contributers, which it doesn't. (See this link). I assume the second contributer is dependabot. Dependabot DOES NOT add any code, dependabot only updates outdated dependencies.

• Node
• Typescript
• Express
• MongoDB
• Redis
• React
• Next.js
• CSS (not bootstrap)

• AWS EC2
• Docker/Docker-Compose
• Vercel
• Github Actions

1. Clone the repo
2. Once inside the repo's root directory, run yarn install
3. Create a .env.development file in the /packages/api directory, and set 4 variables

DB_URI=<mongodb connection string, ex. mongodb://localhost:27017/cluster0>
REDIS_URL=<redis connection string, ex. redis://localhost:6379/>
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=<a random string of characters>
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=<a different random string of characters>
ACCESS_KEY=<AWS IAM access key>
SECRET_KEY=<AWS IAM secret key>
REGION=<AWS S3 Bucket region>

4. Create a .env.local file in the /packages/web directory, and set 1 variable

NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=<api url, if running on default ports use http://localhost:8000>

5. Go back to the root directory of the repo in your terminal and run yarn dev.
6. Go to http://localhost:3000 in your browser to view the app running, http://localhost:8000 for the api.