What are the key learnings from the DevTinder project?
Node.js fundamentals (event loop, modules), Express (middleware, routing, error handling), MongoDB (schemas, ref/populate, indexes), authentication (JWT, cookies, bcrypt), real-time (Socket.io, rooms, typing), and deployment (AWS, Nginx, PM2, SSL).
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DevTinder is a developer networking app with user authentication (JWT cookies), profile management (photos, skills, bio), feed discovery (paginated, filtered), connection requests (send, accept, reject), real-time chat (Socket.io with typing indicators), and production deployment (AWS, Nginx, PM2, SSL).
Backend: Node.js, Express, MongoDB with Mongoose, JWT, bcrypt, Socket.io. Frontend: React, Redux Toolkit, TailwindCSS, React Router, Axios, Socket.io client. Infrastructure: AWS EC2, MongoDB Atlas, Vercel, Let's Encrypt, GitHub.
Add tests (unit, integration, E2E), implement roadmap features (notifications, video calls, AI matching), improve performance (Redis caching, cursor pagination), enhance security (rate limiting, CSRF), add monitoring (Sentry, Datadog), containerize with Docker, and write API documentation.
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