Course Discovery Platform 🎓

A professional full-stack platform for discovering courses, tracking learning progress, and engaging with a community of students. Built with React Native (Expo) and Node.js.

🚀 Project Overview

This repository contains both the frontend mobile application and the backend API service.

• Frontend: React Native with Expo, features high-performance lists, smooth animations, and a premium UI design.
• Backend: Node.js & Express API with MongoDB, providing secure authentication, social interactions (likes/follows), and course management.

📁 Project Structure

course_finder/
  ├── backend/    # Node.js + Express + MongoDB
  ├── frontend/   # React Native + Expo
  ├── README.md   # Project Documentation
  └── .gitignore  # Root-level ignore rules

🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• Framework: React Native (Expo)
• Navigation: React Navigation (Bottom Tabs + Native Stack)
• Styling: Custom Theme Engine (Vanilla CSS-in-JS)
• Animations: Reanimated & Haptics for tactile feedback
• Icons: Emoji-based (System Native)

Backend

• Server: Node.js / Express
• Database: MongoDB (via Mongoose)
• Auth: JWT (JSON Web Tokens) with Bcrypt password hashing
• Security: Helmet, CORS, and Express Rate Limit
• Storage: Cloudinary (integrated for uploads)
• Metadata Autofill: Hybrid course URL extraction using YouTube oEmbed, Microlink, and graceful manual-entry fallback

⚙️ Quick Start

Backend

1. cd backend
2. npm install
3. Create .env from .env.example
4. npm run dev

Frontend

1. cd frontend
2. npm install
3. npx expo start

📄 License

MIT License.