Future You is a career guidance website designed to provide students with information about new and emerging career fields that are not commonly explored. The platform aims to help students make informed decisions about their future careers by showcasing various unconventional and promising career paths. The project is built using modern web technologies and follows a client-server architecture, utilizing MongoDB Atlas as the database, ReactJS for the frontend, and ExpressJS for the backend.
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Install Node.js and npm:
If you haven't already installed Node.js, you can download and install it from the official website: https://nodejs.org -
Clone the project:
Use Git to clone the project from a repository or download the project's source code if it's available as a ZIP file. -
Navigate to the project directory:
Open a terminal or command prompt and change your working directory to the root folder of the React project. -
Install project dependencies:
In the terminal, run the following command to install the required dependencies listed in the package.json file:
yarn install- Run the development server:
Use the following command to start the development server:
yarn start- Access the application:
After running the above command, the development server should start, and your React application will be accessible at http://localhost:3000 by default. If port 3000 is already in use, the development server might choose a different port, and it will be displayed in the terminal.
- A user-friendly web application that allows students to explore career fields in all subjects.
- Provide comprehensive information about each career field, including job descriptions, required qualifications, skills, and potential career paths.
- Offer resources such as articles and videos of the professionals to give students a deeper understanding of each career field.
- Regularly update the application with new career fields, emerging trends, and relevant industry information.
- A personal dashboard for students where they can bookmark important pages from the website and a personalized note-taking section
