Hi everyone,
I’m about to finish a Laravel Vue 3 Inertia project and I’m thinking ahead of what to do next. I have an old MERN project from school that could still use some work. I have a list of features/improvements that I could include. I also thought to use TypeScript to make the project more interesting. However, I also want to learn Next.js so I thought I could rebuild the project, add the new features/improvements, and use TypeScript.
I’m trying to make my portfolio better and I’m not sure if a MERN project or a Next.js project would make my portfolio stand out to jobs. I’m still trying to get my first job so I could really use some advice. Thanks!
What My MERN Project is Like:
Users can create an account
Create - Blogs + Comments
Read - Blogs + Comments
Update - Blogs + Comments
Delete - Blogs + Comments
Follow + Unfollow Categories
Follow + Unfollow other Users
Feed * View posts related to categroies being followed * View posts from people followed
User Profiles * View lists of users posts * View number of categgories they follow * View number of people they follow
Explore/Search Page * View latest posts * Use the search bar alone to search for posts * Use the category select alone to search by category * Use serach bar and catgeoy select to search posts
Room for Improvement
This is my first MERN project and of course there is room for improvement and there can be more features added. The below is a list of improvemnets that I would like to address in the future.
Create React APP --> Vite
Work on necessary clean up + organization
Search for repeated code and create components
Improve routing code
Improve routing back and forth
Add ability to go to next post or go back to previous post
Improve routing copy and paste url
Improve Redux store
Filter categories in feed
Add abiblity to update profile bio
Add ability to add profile photo
Delete profile photo
Update profile photo
Favorite a post
View Favorite posts
Filter Favorite post by category
View followers
Search and Delete followers from profile
View categories
Search and Delete categories from profile
Improve 404 page
Improve auth