Echo is a web application that allows users to connect with other users in their area. Users can create an account, post messages and pictures, and view other users' posts in their area. Once you enter an area, you can view posts from other users in that area. After leaving the area, you can no longer view posts from that area. This encourages users to visit different areas to discover new posts.

• User Authentication
• Create Posts
• View Posts in Your Area

• MongoDB
• Express
• React with TypeScript
• Node.js with TypeScript

• Clerk
• Mongoose
• React-Router
• Morgan
• express-session
• Tailwind CSS
• Vite

1. Clone the repository
2. Run npm install in the server directory
3. Run npm install in the client directory
4. Place a .env file in the server directory with the following contents:

MONGO_KEY=<YOUR MONDO KEY>
CLERK_SECRET_KEY=<YOUR CLERK SECRET KEY>
PORT=<DESIRED PORT NUMBER> # Optional, defaults to 5000 
CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=<YOUR CLERK PUBLISHABLE KEY>

5. Place a .env file in the client directory with the following contents:

VITE_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=<YOUR CLERK PUBLISHABLE KEY>

6. Run npm run dev in the server directory
7. Run npm run dev in the client directory