🌐 DevVerse

DevVerse is a MERN-based social platform for developers to connect, share posts, chat, and grow together.

✨ Features

• Clerk authentication (secure, modern auth)
• Create, like & comment on posts
• Follow/unfollow developers
• Real-time chat with Socket.io
• Cloudinary image uploads
• Responsive UI (Light/Dark mode)
• Notifications for likes, comments, follows, and messages

🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend: React, Redux Toolkit, TailwindCSS, Clerk Backend: Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Socket.io

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/meghanamanchala/devverse.git
2. Install dependencies:
   • cd backend && npm install
   • cd ../frontend && npm install
3. Set up environment variables in .env (see .env.example)
4. Start backend: npm run dev (from backend folder)
5. Start frontend: npm run dev (from frontend folder)

📚 Usage

• Sign up/login with Clerk
• Create posts, like, comment, follow users
• Chat in real-time
• View notifications for all key activities

📝 Notes

• Settings page and related routes have been removed for simplicity.
• For notifications, actions like like, comment, follow, and message automatically trigger notifications for the relevant user.

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📬 Connect: GitHub