🍽️ Local Food Reviews

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📌 Project Overview

Local Food Reviews is a full-stack MERN web application designed to help users discover, review, and rate local food items and restaurants. It focuses on community-driven feedback, clean UI, and secure user interactions.

This project demonstrates real-world development skills including authentication, protected routes, REST APIs, database design, and responsive UI — making it ideal for professional portfolios and job applications.

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🌐 Live Demo

• Frontend: https://local-food-review.netlify.app
• Backend API: https://local-food-review-server.vercel.app

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✨ Key Features

👤 User Features

• User authentication (Login / Register)
• Browse local food & restaurant listings
• Add ratings and written reviews
• Edit & delete own reviews
• View recent and top-rated foods
• Responsive design for mobile, tablet & desktop

🛠️ Admin / Advanced Features

• Protected routes using JWT
• Secure API with role-based access
• Centralized error handling
• Reusable React components

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🧑‍💻 Tech Stack

Frontend

• React
• Vite
• Tailwind CSS
• DaisyUI
• React Router DOM
• Axios
• React Hook Form
• SweetAlert2

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• JWT Authentication
• CORS & dotenv

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📁 Project Structure

Frontend

src/
├── assets/
├── components/
├── hooks/
├── layouts/
├── pages/
├── routes/
├── App.jsx
└── main.jsx

Backend

server/
├── routes/
├── controllers/
├── middleware/
├── config/
├── index.js
└── package.json

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⚙️ Installation Guide

🔹 Frontend Setup

git clone https://github.com/your-username/local-food-reviews.git
cd local-food-reviews
npm install
npm run dev

Frontend will run at:

http://localhost:5173

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🔹 Backend Setup

git clone https://github.com/your-username/local-food-reviews-server.git
cd local-food-reviews-server
npm install
npm run start

Backend will run at:

http://localhost:4000

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🔐 Environment Variables

Frontend (.env)

VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:4000
VITE_FIREBASE_API_KEY=your_firebase_key

Backend (.env)

PORT=4000
DB_URI=your_mongodb_uri
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

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🔄 API Endpoints (Sample)

GET    /foods
POST   /reviews
GET    /reviews/:id
PATCH  /reviews/:id
DELETE /reviews/:id

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📸 Screenshots

📌 Homepage Screenshot

Save the homepage image as:

screenshots/home.png

then commit & push to GitHub to display it below.

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🚀 Future Enhancements

• Advanced search & category-based filtering
• User profile dashboard with activity history
• Like, comment & reply system
• Admin moderation panel
• Image upload with cloud storage
• Performance optimization & SEO improvements

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👨‍💻 Author

md. al amin (Galive) Frontend & MERN Stack Developer

• GitHub: https://github.com/galive007
• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/galive007

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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