DevTogether 🚀

A collaborative web development project fostering teamwork and innovation.

📌 Overview

DevTogether is a community-driven project aimed at uniting developers to build scalable, user-friendly web applications while sharing knowledge and best practices in modern web development.

🎯 Project Goals

• Encourage Collaboration – Work together to build amazing applications.
• Develop Scalable Solutions – Ensure robust and efficient performance.
• Promote Best Practices – Learn and implement industry standards.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Technology	Usage
Frontend	React, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Backend	Node.js, Express.js
Database	MongoDB
Containerization	Docker
Version Control	Git & GitHub

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🐳 Docker Integration

Our backend is containerized using Docker to ensure a consistent development and deployment environment.

🚀 Setting Up the Backend with Docker

1. Install Docker

   • Download and install Docker from here.

2. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/your-repo/devtogether.git
   cd devtogether
   

3. Build and Start the Docker Containers

   docker-compose up --build
   

4. Check Running Containers

   docker ps

5. Access the Backend Services

   docker-compose down
   
   

🔧 Getting Started (Without Docker)

Follow these steps to set up the project manually.

🚀 Prerequisites

1. Install Node.js & npm

   • Download and install Node.js

2. Install MongoDb

   • Follow the installation guide for MongoDb

3. ( optional ) Install Docker

   • If your prefer, use Docker instead of installing MongoDB manually.