EcoEngage

A MERN stack application connecting organisations and individuals for environment initiatives.

Features

• Authentication using JWT based token authentication
• Responsive UI design
• Seperate dashboards for organisations for event management

Technologies Used

Frontend - ReactJS , Axios , Tailwind CSS

Backend - NodeJS , ExpressJS , MongoDB , Multer , Nodemailer ,Cloudinary

Getting Started

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in both frontend and backend

Backend .env

PORT = 5000
MONGO_URI = MONGO_URI=your_mongo_connection_string
JWT_SECRET = your_jwt_secret
JWT_LIFETIME = your_jwt_lifetime
FORGET_PASSWORD_JWT_LIFETIME = your_jwt_forget_password_lifetime
CORS_ORIGIN = frontend_url
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME = your_cloudinary_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY = your_cloudinary_api_key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET = your_cloudinary_secret
EMAIL_HOST = your_email_host
EMAIL_SERVICE = gmail
EMAIL_USER = your_sender_email_address
EMAIL_PASS = your_email_password

Frontend .env

VITE_SERVER = your_backend_url

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/your_github_username/EcoEngage.git
   

2. Install backend dependencies and start backend

   cd server
   npm install
   npm run dev
   

3. Install frontend dependencies and start frontend

   cd client
   npm install
   npm run dev