Full-Stack Development • React • Node.js
Lost and Found Portal
A full-stack web application designed to help university students post and search for
lost items across campus with real-time notifications and automated matching.
- Create a centralized platform for campus lost and found items
- Simplify reporting and searching for lost belongings
- Provide real-time notifications for item matches
- Ensure secure authentication and data privacy
User Authentication
Secure login with role-based access control
Item Management
Create and manage lost/found listings
Advanced Search
Filter by category, location, and date
Notifications
Email and in-app alerts for matches
Responsive Design
Optimized for mobile and desktop
Admin Dashboard
Comprehensive management tools
Frontend
- Built with React using functional components and hooks
- Responsive layouts with CSS Grid and Flexbox
- Reusable UI components with styled-components
- React Router for seamless navigation
Backend
- RESTful API using Node.js and Express
- JWT authentication for secure sessions
- SQL database with proper relations and constraints
- Middleware for validation and error handling
DevOps
- Containerized with Docker
- CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
- Automated testing for code quality
React
Frontend Framework
Node.js
Backend Runtime
MySQL
Database
Docker
Containerization
- Frontend: React, Redux, Material-UI, React Router
- Backend: Node.js, Express, JWT
- Database: MySQL, Sequelize ORM
- DevOps: Docker, GitHub Actions, AWS
- Tools: Git, Figma, Postman
- Started with user research and wireframes in Figma
- Developed database schema and API specifications
- Implemented core features with iterative testing
- Conducted usability testing with students
- Deployed to production with monitoring
- Image recognition AI for automatic item matching
- Integration with university ID systems
- Mobile app development with React Native
- Analytics dashboard for tracking trends
- Importance of user-centered design
- Benefits of containerization for deployment
- Effective state management in React applications
- SQL query optimization for performance
- Value of CI/CD in team projects