TechNotes4U
TechNotes4U is a modern, full-featured blogging and knowledge-sharing platform designed for developers and tech enthusiasts. It combines a beautiful, responsive UI with robust backend features, advanced content management, and a secure, scalable architecture.
Key Features & How They Work
- Authentication & User Management:
- Sign up/sign in with email/password (with email verification) or Google OAuth for convenience and security.
- Password recovery via email, profile management, and the ability to sign out from all devices.
- Role-based access: Admins have elevated privileges for moderation and publishing.
- Blog Creation & Publishing Workflow:
- Rich text/MDX editor for creating blogs with tags, images, and SEO metadata.
- Drafts are saved by default; users can preview, edit, and manage their drafts.
- Non-admin users submit blogs for publication, which are reviewed and approved by admins.
- Blog hierarchy allows organization in parent-child categories for better navigation.
- Blog Interaction & Community Features:
- Comment system with replies (up to 2 levels), edit/delete (with restrictions), and efficient loading.
- Likes/dislikes: Users can like published blogs; dislike counts are visible only to admins and blog owners.
- View counts for popularity metrics and distraction-free reading mode for focused reading.
- Admin Panel & Moderation:
- Admins can view, approve/reject, unpublish, and mark blogs as featured.
- User management: View all users, their roles, blog counts, and comment activity.
- Analytics: Chart shows view counts for a given time interval; tables for user and blog data.
- Latest activity: See the latest comments and message notes across the platform.
- Home, Explore, and Discovery:
- Home page showcases featured, most viewed, and recent blogs.
- Users can search, filter by tags, and sort blogs by various criteria (newest, most liked, etc.).
- Dedicated explore page and blog cards with key info: title, description, owner, views, likes, and comments.
- Additional Features:
- SEO optimization for all blogs and pages, image uploads, user avatars, about/contact pages, and performance optimizations (caching, lazy loading, etc.).
Technologies Used
- Next.js & React (frontend, SSR, SEO, UI)
- Tailwind CSS (responsive styling, dark/light mode)
- TypeScript (type safety)
- Redux Toolkit (state management)
- Node.js & Express (backend API, modular architecture)
- Prisma ORM (database access, migrations)
- JWT Authentication & Google OAuth (secure, stateless sessions, role-based access)
Security, Error Handling & Performance
- JWT & OAuth authentication with role-based access control
- Input validation and sanitization for all forms and uploads
- Session management and token refresh/logout
- Frontend: code splitting, lazy loading, memoization, debounced search
- Caching (performance, reduced database load)
- Comprehensive error handling:
- - Duplicate email prevention
- - Email verification
- - Invalid credentials
- - Password management
- - Draft limits
- - Content validation
- - Publishing workflow
- - Ownership protection
- - Dependency checks
- - Asset management
- - Reply depth limitation
- - Form validation
- - Fallback handling
- - Cache management