Event-Mapper

A MERN stack project

Introduction

Event-Mapper is a map-based MERN stack web application. It displays all the events happening around the world through GPS map which are added by its users. It uses Mapbox react package react-map-gl for map layers and styles.

Key Features

• On map Geocoder to navigate directly to any place.
• Show events on map with popup and add events very easily with double click on map layer.
• Filter events between a particular date range.
• Multiple user registration.
• Update or delete the events created by you.
• Responsive Design with dark mode.

Technologies Used

This project was created using the following technologies.

Client

• Create-react-app (For ReactJS)
• React-map-gl (For map body and styling)
• React-map-gl-geocoder (For on map Geocoder)
• React-datepicker (For selecting range of dates)
• React-router-dom (To handle routing)
• Cloudinary (To host event images on cloud)
• Bootstrap

Server

• Express
• Mongoose
• JWT
• Bcryptjs

Database

MongoDB (MongoDB Atlas)

Configuration and Setup

In order to run this project locally, simply fork and clone the repository or download as zip and unzip on your machine.

• Open this folder in your Code Editor
• Open the terminal and split it into two for client and server.

In First Terminal

$ cd client
$ npm install (to install client-side dependencies)
$ npm start (to start the client)

Inside client folder in your root directory, add .env.local file and write the below code.

REACT_APP_MAPBOX_TOKEN=
REACT_APP_API_URL=http://localhost:4000

• For mapbox token, visit Mapbox and create your account to get auth token.

In Second Terminal

$ cd server
$ npm install (to install server-side dependencies)
$ npm start (to start the server)

Inside server folder in your root directory, add .env file and write the below code.

PORT=4000
DATABASE_URL=
CORS_ORIGIN=http://localhost:3000
JWT_SECRET_KEY=
NODE_ENV=development

Demo Video

Comments

This project is created as a practice to showcase my skills. However this is my first MERN project, I intend to add more features further. Please give it a star and suggest improvements.

Author

• LinkedIn: @Prashant Kumar
• Email: @prashant
• Github: @prashantpks