LinkUp - Social Networking Platform

LinkUp is a social networking web application built as part of an academic project.
It provides essential features of a modern social platform, such as posting updates, liking, commenting, sending friend requests, and managing notifications.

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Features

• User authentication and profile management
• Create, edit, and delete posts
• Like, comment, and interact with posts
• Friend requests and connections
• Real-time notifications
• Private and public posts
• Personalized feed with filters (recent, popular, private-only)

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Tech Stack

Frontend

• Vue.js 3
• Vue Router
• Vuex (State Management)
• TailwindCSS (Styling)
• Axios (API Calls)

Backend

• Django & Django REST Framework
• JWT Authentication
• SQLite (development) / PostgreSQL (production-ready)

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Project Structure

Backend (Django)

backend/
├── manage.py
├── requirements.txt
├── core/              # Settings and configuration
├── accounts/          # User management & authentication
├── posts/             # Post, like, comment system
└── notifications/     # User notifications

Frontend (Vue)

frontend/
├── index.html
├── package.json
├── vite.config.js
├── src/
│   ├── assets/
│   ├── components/
│   ├── views/
│   ├── router/
│   ├── store/
│   ├── utils/
│   ├── App.vue
│   └── main.js

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Installation & Setup

1. Backend

cd backend
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver

2. Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

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Usage

1. Register a new user and log in.
2. Create posts, add friends, and interact with content.
3. Explore the personalized feed and manage notifications.

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Author

Developed by Hossein Rahmatan Computer Engineering – Academic Sofware Engineering Project