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Blogging Platform\n\nA blogging platform using React Hooks, MongoDB Atlas, Express and Node.js.\n\n## Demo\n\n[See Demo deployed on Netlify](https://react-blogging-platform.netlify.app/)\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://react-blogging-platform.netlify.app/\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"screenshot.png\" alt=\"See Demo deployed on Netlify\"\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Core features\n\n- handling routes with React Router.\n- connecting the front-end to an Express back-end with a MongoDB Atlas database.\n- sending requests to the server with useEffect, Axios and async/await method.\n- managing connected users with localStorage.\n- combining useReducer and Context to handle global state.\n- handling form validation with React hooks and useImmerReducer.\n- displaying error/success messages with Context.\n- performing CRUD operations (create, read, update, delete) for posts.\n- displaying profile with the latest posts published by author.\n- 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