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With a focus on connection and community, KawulaConnect makes it easy to stay in touch, share moments, and communicate effectively.\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; width: 100%; gap: 45px;\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg style=\"width: 350px;\" src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dh9q1rj0k/image/upload/v1734867401/Kawula/eqkm4i7k1uy3l0k6z5yn.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 1\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg style=\"width: 350px;\" src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dh9q1rj0k/image/upload/v1734869447/Kawula/tncb2gisy7cpivv9oswx.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2\"\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n## Features\n\n- Responsiveness: Fully Responsive Design 📱💻\n- File Handling: Multer for File and Image Storage 📁📷\n- File Storage: Cloudinary for storing files to cloud storage 📥\n- File Download: Easy File Downloading 📥\n- Real-time Messaging: Sockets for Instant Communication 💬\n- Chat Support: Group Chats and Personal Messages 👥💬\n- Fun Conversations: Emoji Support 😄\n- State Management: Zustand for Seamless State Management 🧠\n- API Calls: Axios for Smooth API Interactions 🌐\n- User authentication JWT Tokens 🔑\n- User authorization\n\n\n## Two Weeks Post-Deployment of KawulaConnect\n\nAfter two weeks of deploying KawulaConnect, i have observed significant user engagement and positive feedback. Here are some key highlights:\n\n- **User Growth:** Over 30 new users have joined the platform.\n- **Message Volume:** More than 400 messages have been exchanged.\n- **Feature Usage:** High usage of real-time messaging and group chat features.\n- **Performance:** The app has maintained a 90% uptime with minimal latency.\n- **Feedback:** Users have praised the intuitive interface and seamless real-time chat experience.\n\nI am continuously working on improving the app based on user feedback and excited about the future updates and features i plan to introduce.\n\n\u003cimg style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dh9q1rj0k/image/upload/v1734870437/Kawula/uqndqlpac9txggatfqju.png\" alt=\"metrix\"\u003e\n\n\n## Tech Stack\n\n**Client:** React, Zustand, Node, JavaScript\n\n**Server:** Node, Express, JavaScript, MongoDB, Cloudinary, Multer\n\n**Deployment:** Netlify, Render\n\n## Installation\n\nClone the repository\n\n```bash\n  git clone https://github.com/Saddickq/KawulaConnect.git\n```\n\nNavigate into the project directory\n\n```bash\n  cd KawulaConnect\n```\n\nInstall backend dependencies\n\n```bash\n  cd server\n  npm install\n```\n\nInstall frontend dependencies\n\n```bash\n  cd ../client\n  npm install\n```\n\nStart the backend server\n\n```bash\n  cd ../server\n  npm start\n```\n\nStart the frontend development server\n\n```bash\n  cd ../client\n  npm start\n```\n\n#### Environment Variables\n\nTo run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file\n\n`DB_URL`\n`SECRET`\n`PORT`\n`cloud_name`\n`api_key`\n`api_secret`\n\n## Authors\n\n- [Saddickq](https://github.com/Saddickq)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsaddickq%2Fkawulaconnect","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsaddickq%2Fkawulaconnect","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsaddickq%2Fkawulaconnect/lists"}