🌟 Daccotta 🌟

A Social Network for Movie Lovers

Hey movie lovers! Welcome to Daccotta, a web app designed to simplify your movie-watching experience and make it easy to share your favorite films with friends. Think of us as your go-to social network for everything movies! 🎥🍿

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🎬 What is Daccotta?

Daccotta is a platform built for film enthusiasts to discover, and showcase their taste in movies with like-minded individuals. You can create your own lists, add journal entries of the movies you have watched and get recommendations on the basis of your lists and journal entries. Daccotta a community that brings people together through a shared love of cinema.

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🔑 Key Features

1. 🎞️ List Creation: Create and manage your own movie lists.
2. 📖 Movie Journals: Keep a personalized journal entry for every movie you watch.
3. 📊 User Stats: Get insights into your movie-watching habits.
4. 🤖 personalized reccomendations: Get personalized reccomendations based on your movie watching habits.

Coming Soon:

5. 👥 Group Creation: Form groups with friends to compare and share your movie stats.
6. 📈 Group Stats: View combined statistics and trends of your movie-watching groups.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Daccotta is built using a modern and efficient tech stack to provide the best experience for users:

• Frontend: React.js
• Styling: TailwindCSS + shadcn etc.
• Data Fetching & State Management: TanStack Query + axios.
• Backend: Bun + express
• Database: MongoDB Atlas (Cloud)
• Authentication: Firebase

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🚀 Getting Started

To set up and run Daccotta locally, follow the steps below:

Backend Setup with Bun

Bun is a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime we use to manage the backend.

Installing Bun

For macOS:

1. Open your terminal.
2. Run the following command to install Bun:

   curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash -s "bun-v1.1.27"
   

3. Restart all your terminals after installing bun.

For Windows:

To install, paste this into a powershell(run powershell as adminstrator):

powershell -c "irm bun.sh/install.ps1|iex"

or paste this

npm install -g bun

Restart all your terminals after installing bun.

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🗂️ Setting Up Daccotta (Client & Server)

refer to .env.example files for env variables

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/daccotta-org/daccotta.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd daccotta

3. Install dependencies for both the client and server:

   • Go to the client folder:

     cd client
     bun i

   • Now go to the server folder:

     cd ../server
     bun i

4. Setting Up MongoDB Atlas:

   • Visit the MongoDB Atlas website and sign up for an account.
   • After logging in, create a new project, then click on Build a Cluster to set up a free-tier cluster.
   • Once your cluster is ready, click Connect, then choose Connect your application.
   • Copy the connection string provided. It will look something like this:

     mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@cluster0.mongodb.net/myFirstDatabase?retryWrites=true&w=majority

   • Replace <username>, <password>, and myFirstDatabase with your actual MongoDB Atlas username, password, and the database name you wish to use.
   • Set the MONGO_URL in your project's .env file with the copied connection string:

     MONGO_URI=mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@cluster0.mongodb.net/daccotta?retryWrites=true&w=majority

5. Setting Up Firebase:

   • Go to the Firebase Console and create a new project.
   • After setting up, download the firebaseConfig and add it to your project.
   • Set the Firebase credentials in your firebaseConfigEx.ts file and rename it firebaseConfig.ts:

   export const firebaseConfig = {
       apiKey: import.meta.env.VITE_API_KEY,
       authDomain: import.meta.env.VITE_AUTH_DOMAIN,
       projectId: import.meta.env.VITE_PROJECT_ID,
       storageBucket: import.meta.env.VITE_STORAGE_BUCKET,
       messagingSenderId: import.meta.env.VITE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID,
       appId: import.meta.env.VITE_APP_ID,
   }

   if you want to contribute to only fronted use this mock firebase-auth keys:

   apiKey: "AIzaSyDp5LFFF9TU9W1LzB0Cus--lxBawNyBc5Q",
   authDomain: "mock-daccotta.firebaseapp.com",
   projectId: "mock-daccotta",
   storageBucket: "mock-daccotta.appspot.com",
   messagingSenderId: "586345450139",
   appId: "1:586345450139:web:84f82ab90882cd0fe4143e",
   

6. Running the Project:

   • Return to the root directory:

     cd ..

   • Install all dependencies at the root level:

     bun i

   • Start both frontend and backend with:

     bun start:all

7. Your app should now be running! 🎉 Open your browser and go to http://localhost:5173.

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🤝 Contributing

We'd love your help to make Daccotta even better! If you're interested in contributing, please read CONTRIBUTION GUIDE.

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📧 Contact

Feel free to reach out to us for any queries or suggestions:
Email: daccotta.pvt@gmail.com Website: daccotta.com

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⚠️ Attribution

Daccotta uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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Made with ❤️ by movie lovers for movie lovers!

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