Instagram Clone

Designed and developed a cross-platform app using the MERN stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, React Native, NodeJS). The goal was to create a fully functional Instagram Clone, however it turned out to be a simple app with the following features

• User can post picture along with caption and tag other users

• Users can like posts and view liked posts

• Users can view posts that they are tagged in

Learnings:

• Modular Project Structure - Maintained different folders for data, models, screens, components etc.

• Database design and Integration (MongoDB)

• State Management in React Native

What I Should Improve on:

• Did not use Git effectively. Could have utilized this opportunity to explore branching strategies, pull request reviews, and conflict management. Although I was not collaborating with others, this would be beneficial for history and logging purposes

• Create testing methodologies

• Invest time in enhancing the UI. 

• Dive into best practices for security