job-tracker

A job tracking and management application.

Description

A full stack MERN application that helps the user track and manage their job applications.

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.

Live Link

Job Tracker.

You can log-in with a test account:

email: test@test.com
pass:  test

Technologies:

MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js

Specifications

• User can view their pending applications and job statistics, together with an interchangeable chart.
• User can Register, Log-in, Log-out of the app securely with authentication
• Be able to search through their list of jobs added, with filter search options. Can quickly remove filters in one click.
• User can view and browse their list of jobs.
• Jobs have pagination so the user can browse all their jobs in manageable chunks and won't be overwhelmed.
• Add Job with position, company, location, status, and type as parameters
• Users can update their profile

Instructions to run locally

• Note: You are going to need an existing MongoDB Atlas account, to Get a Connection String.

1. Clone this repo (or download zip on GitHub)

2. Go to the directory the files are located

In the terminal:

```powershell
cd /job-tracker
```

3. Install dependencies

In the terminal:

```powershell
npm run install-dependencies
```

4. Create an .env file

Setup values for the following parameters:

• MONGO_URL - should be equal to your MongoDB connection string
• SECRET_KEY - any string that is secret to you. You can use this Key Generator
• LIFETIME - the lifetime of the JWT. This will determine a few things for the app such as for how long a user can stay logged in.
• PORT - is the port number you want the express server to listen to. 4000 by default.

Example of a .env file:

MONGO_URL="Your_MongoDB_Connection_String"
SECRET_KEY="Secret_Key_You_Generated_Random_Characters"
LIFETIME="1d"
PORT=4000

5. Run the app on localhost:3000

In the terminal:

npm run start

Now visit the URL:

http://localhost:3000/