This is a newsfeed website with a fully decoupled frontend and backend. The frontend which is stored in frontend is a React app written in JavaScript. The backend which is stored in backend is written in Python using the FastAPI library.

Here are the current features of the app:

• User sign up and logins
• Ability for user to create articles
• Ability to see lists of posts and read individual articles
• Can like and favorite article if logged in

Future TODO items:

• Commenting on articles
• Need to be able to see if article is liked or favorited if logged in
• Profile page to see likes and favorites
• Ability to edit individual articles
• Ability to delete articles

Note #1: On my local environment there is a virtual environment located at /newsfeed/backend/.venv. This is where the various libraries are installed including: pydantic, fastapi, and sqlalchemy.

Note #2: This plugin is being used in VSCode to view and edit the database: SQLite3 Editor

The database is located at /backend/database/newsfeed.sqlite

Note #3: The logic for logins and authentication on the Python side mainly came from here: OAuth2 with Password (and hashing), Bearer with JWT tokens

Note #4: Frontend is using Zustand for state management. Not particularly clear if having a store is necessary for this web app. Additionally, user auth token is being persisted in "localStorage" which is a security flaw.

Note #5: Need to look into keeping access and refresh tokens in HttpOnly cookies to close come security holes here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cookies

**Update: figured out HttpOnly cookies, slowly switching to that for using that as the access_token from logged in users