Built a real-time chat application using the MERN stack with Socket.IO, enabling instant messaging, live user presence tracking, and media uploads via Cloudinary for seamless file sharing.
• Implemented secure user authentication and authorization using JWT, ensuring protected access to user-specific data and chat functionality.
• Crafted a responsive and themeable UI using TailwindCSS and DaisyUI, integrated Zustand for efficient global state management across components.
• Engineered a scalable backend with Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB, supporting real-time data sync, user status tracking, and deployed the full-stack solution to production on Render.
- 🔐 Authentication & Authorization with JWT
- ⚡ Real-time messaging using Socket.io
- 📶 Online/Offline user status
- 🗂️ Global State Management using Zustand
- 🎨 Beautiful UI with TailwindCSS & Daisy UI
- ☁️ Media uploads with Cloudinary
- 🛠️ Robust error handling on both client & server
- 🚀 Production-ready deployment
- 🌍 Fully responsive & mobile-friendly
- Frontend: React.js, TailwindCSS, Daisy UI, Zustand, Socket.io-client
- Backend: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Socket.io
- Authentication: JWT
- Media Storage: Cloudinary
- Deployment: Render
MIT
Atharva Dethe