Secondhand

A buy nothing social network

This is a network for sharing goods for free, a concept spearheaded by The Buy Nothing Project.

Roadmap

• General
  • Convert all views to React
  • Stylize everything with Tailwind. Correct routes.
  • Host web app with guest user
  • Write classes for repeated class sets like transitions, inputs
• Feed.jsx
  • Specific board for trading services (no money exchanged)
  • Add available, pending, and closed status
  • Lazy load infinite scroll
  • Add giving and ISO filters
• Implement better user account experience
  • Separate create post from profile
  • User avatars with defaults available
  • Settings page where user can change password and email
  • Email verification for settings changes?
• Profile.jsx
  • Full gallery of items for trade with titles
  • Have services offered section if relevant to user
  • Add ability to view profiles of other users
• Createpost.jsx
  • Add image preview to createpost
  • Add multiple images to one post
• Post.jsx
  • Add next and previous post buttons to individual post pages
  • Add ability to edit posts that belong to the user
  • Add leaflet map

Install

npm install

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Things to add

• Create a .env file in config folder and add the following as key = value
  • PORT = 2121 (can be any port example: 3000)
  • DB_STRING = your database URI
  • CLOUD_NAME = your cloudinary cloud name
  • API_KEY = your cloudinary api key
  • API_SECRET = your cloudinary api secret

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Run

npm start