Mern Stack Mastery - Build E-Book Selling/Reading Platform

Master MERN Stack by Building an E-Book Platform from Scratch. Learn React and Express API for Full-Stack Development.

What you'll learn

Master the MERN stack: MongoDB, Express, React, and Node JS

Implement role based authentication for user and author.

Create a responsive UI using React and Tailwind CSS.

Enable authors to upload and manage their books.

Upload books using AWS or directly via Node JS

Process secure payments and handle purchases with Stripe.

Add and display user reviews and ratings for books.

Generate personalized book recommendations using MongoDB.

Implement a seamless reading experience in the React app.

Track reading progress, highlights, and history for users.

Send magic link emails for passwordless login and verification.

Requirements

Basic Understanding of HTML CSS and JavaScript

Description

Unlock the power of full-stack development with our comprehensive course, "MERN Master Stack - Build E-Book Selling/Reading Platform." This course is designed to guide you through building a feature-rich e-book platform using the MERN stack. Whether you're an aspiring web developer or an experienced programmer, you'll gain hands-on experience and valuable skills to master both front-end and back-end development.Tools Used In This Course: Node JS, Express, TypeScript, MongoDB (Mongoose), AWS, Cloudinary, Mailtrap, Stripe, React, Redux ToolKit, Tailwind CSS, Next UI, TipTap etc. What You'll Learn:Complete MERN Stack Mastery: From MongoDB to Express.js, React, and Node.js, you'll dive deep into each technology, mastering the essentials of full-stack development.  User and Author Registration: Learn to implement robust password less role based authentication and authorization features, allowing users to register as either normal users or authors.Dynamic User Interface: Create a beautiful, responsive UI using React and Tailwind CSS. Enable users to browse the catalog seamlessly and discover new e-books.Author Capabilities: Teach authors how to manage their books, including uploading new content, updating existing books, and handling other essential tasks.Book Management: Discover how to upload and manage books, either through AWS or directly via Node.js for those without an AWS account.Purchasing and Reviews: Implement secure checkout and payment processing using Stripe. Enable users to purchase books, leave reviews, and rate content.Personalized Recommendations: Leverage MongoDB aggregation to generate personalized book recommendations based on user reviews and preferences.Reading Experience: Allow users to read purchased books within the React app, with features like saving highlights, tracking the last page visited, and maintaining a reading history for a seamless experience.Magic Link Email Notifications: Learn to send magic links to users' registered emails using industry-standard tools. These links provide a seamless login experience and can be utilized for various purposes, such as passwordless authentication and account verification.By the end of this course, you'll have built a fully functional e-book platform and gained the skills needed to tackle any web development project. You'll understand how to integrate front-end and back-end technologies seamlessly, manage databases, handle authentication and authorization, and much more.Join us and become a MERN stack master, ready to take on the world of web development!

Overview

Section 1: Environment Setup

Lecture 1 App Tour

Lecture 2 Node JS (Windows)

Lecture 3 Database - MongoDB (Windows)

Lecture 4 Editor - VS Code (Windows)

Lecture 5 TypeScript (Windows)

Lecture 6 Node JS (MAC)

Lecture 7 Editor - VS Code (MAC)

Lecture 8 TypeScript (MAC)

Lecture 9 GitHub (MAC)

Lecture 10 MongoDB (MAC)

Section 2: Basic Project Setup

Lecture 11 Want to Start Directly With React?

Lecture 12 Before You Start

Lecture 13 npm

Lecture 14 npm init

Lecture 15 ts-config

Lecture 16 Understanding Commands

Lecture 17 GitHub (WINDOWS)

Lecture 18 Using GitHub

Section 3: Server Basics

Lecture 19 Server & Client

Lecture 20 Basic Express Server

Lecture 21 Environment Variables

Lecture 22 VS Code Extensions

Section 4: Authentication & Authorization

Lecture 23 The First Route

Lecture 24 Post Request

Lecture 25 Reading Incoming Data

Lecture 26 Middleware

Lecture 27 Validation With Middleware

Lecture 28 Zod

Lecture 29 Zod Middleware

Lecture 30 Random Tokens

Lecture 31 Database Connection

Lecture 32 Verification Token Model

Lecture 33 User Model

Lecture 34 Storing Verification Token

Lecture 35 Encrypted Token

Lecture 36 Sending Email

Lecture 37 Send Mail Refactor

Lecture 38 Error

Lecture 39 Async Errors

Lecture 40 Verifying Token Part 1

Lecture 41 Verifying Token Part 2

Lecture 42 JSON Web Token - jwt

Lecture 43 Storing Auth Token Inside Cookie

Lecture 44 Authorization

Lecture 45 Verifying Auth Token

Lecture 46 Reading Cookies

Lecture 47 Finding User From Token

Lecture 48 JWT Errors

Lecture 49 Logout

Section 5: File Uploads

Lecture 50 Before Uploading Files

Lecture 51 Reading Incoming File Part 1

Lecture 52 Reading Incoming File Part 2

Lecture 53 Update Profile Part 1

Lecture 54 Update Profile Part 2

Lecture 55 Next Video Alert

Lecture 56 Upload File (Avatar) Cloudinary

Lecture 57 Removing Previous File

Lecture 58 AWS Alert

Lecture 59 AWS S3 Bucket

Lecture 60 New IAM User

Lecture 61 Uploading File (Avatar) to S3 Bucket

Lecture 62 Removing File From S3 Bucket

Lecture 63 AWS Function Refactor

Lecture 64 Next Video Alert

Lecture 65 New Profile Response

Lecture 66 Simple But IMPORTANT Fix

Section 6: Authors

Lecture 67 Author Route

Lecture 68 Author Model

Lecture 69 Author Validation

Lecture 70 Custom Request Handler Type

Lecture 71 Creating New Author Part 1

Lecture 72 Creating New Author Part 2

Lecture 73 Getting Authr Details

Section 7: New Book

Lecture 74 Book Model

Lecture 75 Easy Peasy Book Validation

Lecture 76 Not an Easy Validation

Lecture 77 File Info Validation

Lecture 78 Book Router

Lecture 79 Creating New Book

Lecture 80 Next Video Alert

Lecture 81 Uploading Book Cover - Cloudinary

Lecture 82 Serving Files From Node API

Lecture 83 Saving File Using Formidable

Lecture 84 Saving Book File to Local Directory

Lecture 85 Creating New Book

Lecture 86 AWS Alert

Lecture 87 Upload Book Cover AWS

Lecture 88 The Issue

Lecture 89 AWS Cover Upload Refactor

Lecture 90 Signed URL

Lecture 91 Signing Upload URL

Lecture 92 Download Epub Books for Testing

Lecture 93 Uploading to Private Bucket

Lecture 94 Creating New Book AWS

Lecture 95 Fixing Issues

Lecture 96 Watch From Here

Lecture 97 An Important Refactor

Section 8: Update Book

Lecture 98 Book Update Route

Lecture 99 Updating Common Part

Lecture 100 File Update (Local Dir)

Lecture 101 Cover Update (Local Dir)

Lecture 102 File Update (AWS)

Lecture 103 Cover Update (AWS)

Lecture 104 Lets Come Together

Section 9: Review

Lecture 105 Review Router Setup

Lecture 106 Review Model

Lecture 107 Review Validator

Lecture 108 Adding Review

Lecture 109 Is Purchased By The User

Lecture 110 Getting Review

Lecture 111 Adding Lots of Reviews

Lecture 112 Aggregation

Lecture 113 Average Rating

Section 10: History

Lecture 114 History Model

Lecture 115 History Route Setup

Lecture 116 History Validation

Lecture 117 Storing History

Lecture 118 Fixing Type

Lecture 119 Updating History

Lecture 120 Get Book History

Section 11: Book Access Routes

Lecture 121 Getting All The Purchased Books

Lecture 122 Getting Single Book Details

Lecture 123 Getting Public Reviews

Lecture 124 Getting Books By Genre

Lecture 125 Book Access URL Common

Lecture 126 Book Access URL AWS

Lecture 127 Book Access URL Local

Lecture 128 Common Ground

Lecture 129 One More Author Route to Update

Section 12: Cart

Lecture 130 Cart Route Setup

Lecture 131 Cart Model

Lecture 132 Cart Validation

Lecture 133 Update Cart

Lecture 134 Get Cart

Lecture 135 Update Cart - Fixed

Lecture 136 Clear Cart

Section 13: Handling Payments

Lecture 137 How to Accept Payment

Lecture 138 Stripe CLI

Lecture 139 Checkout Route

Lecture 140 Price In Cents

Lecture 141 Stripe Session

Lecture 142 Stripe Customer

Lecture 143 Stripe Image Error

Lecture 144 Webhook

Lecture 145 Stripe Events

Lecture 146 Order Model

Lecture 147 Creating New Order

Lecture 148 Finalizing Payment

Lecture 149 Testing One More Time

Lecture 150 Instant Checkout

Lecture 151 Testing Instant Checkout

Lecture 152 Getting Orders

Lecture 153 Order Status

Lecture 154 Order Success Status

Lecture 155 Order Success Testing & Fix

Section 14: Recommendation

Lecture 156 Review Generator

Lecture 157 Creating Bunch Of Reviews

Lecture 158 Get Recommended Part 1

Lecture 159 Get Recommended Part 2

Lecture 160 Formatting Result

Lecture 161 Recommended Controller Fixed

Section 15: The Final API

Lecture 162 Get The Final Sourse Code Here.

Section 16: Basic React Course

Lecture 163 React

Lecture 164 React Project Setup

Lecture 165 Basic Styling

Lecture 166 Publishing Code To GitHub

Lecture 167 Tailwind CSS

Lecture 168 Basic Styling Tailwind

Lecture 169 States

Lecture 170 Submit Events

Lecture 171 Custom Component

Lecture 172 Custom Snippets VS Code

Lecture 173 State VS Local Variable

Lecture 174 Rendering With Map

Lecture 175 Custom ToDoItem

Lecture 176 Error & Validation

Lecture 177 React Router

Lecture 178 Home Page Refactor

Lecture 179 Dynamic Route

Lecture 180 Link Component

Lecture 181 Context API

Lecture 182 Custom Hook

Lecture 183 Updating Tasks

Lecture 184 Local Storage

Lecture 185 use Effect Hook

Lecture 186 Removing Tasks

Section 17: React - Basic Project Setup

Lecture 187 Vite

Lecture 188 Next UI

Lecture 189 React Router Setup

Lecture 190 Common Container

Lecture 191 Navbar

Lecture 192 Profile Menu

Section 18: Authentication

Lecture 193 Sign Up Page

Lecture 194 Sign Up Form State

Lecture 195 Sending Request to API

Lecture 196 CORS Policy Error

Lecture 197 Little For User Experience

Lecture 198 Verification Page Part 1

Lecture 199 Verification Page Part 2

Lecture 200 New User Form

Lecture 201 New User Form States

Lecture 202 Local File URL

Lecture 203 Submitting New User Form

Lecture 204 New User Validation

Section 19: Managing Multiple States

Lecture 205 Setting Redux Toolkit

Lecture 206 Auth Store

Lecture 207 Auth State

Lecture 208 Dispatching Action

Lecture 209 Auth Provider

Lecture 210 Reading From Store

Lecture 211 Changing Auth Status

Lecture 212 Rendering Profile Menu

Lecture 213 Loading Spinner

Lecture 214 Sign Out

Lecture 215 Better Way to Render Error

Lecture 216 Fixing Parse Error Method

Lecture 217 Lets Use Lint

Section 20: Profile Page

Lecture 218 Profile Page

Lecture 219 Profile Page UI

Lecture 220 Profile Update

Lecture 221 Guest / Private Route

Section 21: Creating New Book

Lecture 222 Book Form

Lecture 223 Book Form UI

Lecture 224 Poster Selector

Lecture 225 Next Video is optional

Lecture 226 Rich Text Editor

Lecture 227 Final Rich Text Editor

Lecture 228 Book Form State

Lecture 229 File Input Change

Lecture 230 Date Input Change

Lecture 231 Fixing Warnings

Lecture 232 Book Form State Auto Complete

Lecture 233 Making The Final Data Ready

Lecture 234 Validation Part 1

Lecture 235 Validation Part 2

Lecture 236 Validation Part 3

Lecture 237 Rich Text Editor Change Event

Lecture 238 Rendering Errors

Lecture 239 Rendering File Selection Error

Lecture 240 Making The Form Data Ready

Lecture 241 Creating New Book

Lecture 242 Uploading File To AWS

Lecture 243 Resetting Form

Section 22: Updating Book

Lecture 244 Fetching Book Info

Lecture 245 Initial Form State

Lecture 246 Fixing Price

Lecture 247 Updating Book

Section 23: Become an Author

Lecture 248 Option to Became an Author

Lecture 249 Author Form Part 1

Lecture 250 Author Form Part 2

Lecture 251 Author Form State

Lecture 252 Author Form Validation

Lecture 253 Creating New Author

Lecture 254 Updating Author

Lecture 255 Quick But Important Fix

Lecture 256 Not Found Page

Lecture 257 Dark Mode Part 1

Lecture 258 Dark Mode Part 2

Lecture 259 Running Lint Again

Section 24: Home Page

Lecture 260 Hero Slider Part 1

Lecture 261 Hero Slider Part 2

Lecture 262 Responsive UI

Lecture 263 Fetching Books By Genre

Lecture 264 Book List UI Part 1

Lecture 265 Book List UI Part 2

Lecture 266 Currency & Discount Helper Function

Lecture 267 Adding Skeletons

Lecture 268 Refactoring Skeletons

Section 25: Single Book Page

Lecture 269 Single Book Page

Lecture 270 Single Book UI Part 1

Lecture 271 Single Book UI Part 2

Lecture 272 Single Book UI Part 3

Lecture 273 Single Book UI Part 4

Section 26: Cart

Lecture 274 Cart Store

Lecture 275 Cart Reducers

Lecture 276 Updating Cart Items

Lecture 277 Cart Context

Lecture 278 Update Cart Function

Lecture 279 Updating Cart on Server

Lecture 280 Total Products Inside Cart

Lecture 281 Fetching Cart Details

Lecture 282 Cart Page UI Part 1

Lecture 283 Cart Page UI Part 2

Lecture 284 Cart Functionality

Lecture 285 Busy State & Clear Cart

Lecture 286 Storing Carts Inside LS

Lecture 287 Lint Again

Section 27: Payment / Checkout

Lecture 288 Cart Checkout

Lecture 289 Buying Single Product

Lecture 290 Is Already Purchased

Lecture 291 Payment Success

Lecture 292 Payment Success UI

Lecture 293 Payment Success Skeleton

Lecture 294 Orders Page

Lecture 295 Orders Page UI Part 1

Lecture 296 Orders Page UI Part 2

Section 28: Review

Lecture 297 Review Form

Lecture 298 Review Form UI

Lecture 299 Submitting Review

Lecture 300 Fetching Old Review

Lecture 301 Reviews Section

Lecture 302 Reviews Section UI

Lecture 303 Use Effect Cleanup Function

Section 29: Recommended Books / Authors / Library

Lecture 304 Recommended Section

Lecture 305 Recommended Section UI

Lecture 306 Empty Review UI

Lecture 307 Authors Page

Lecture 308 Books Published By Author

Lecture 309 Rendering Social Links

Lecture 310 Library Page

Lecture 311 Library Page UI

Section 30: Epub Reader

Lecture 312 Reading Page

Lecture 313 Epub JS

Lecture 314 Fetching Book From Local Dir

Lecture 315 Unwanted Cart Error

Lecture 316 Taking The Entire Screen

Lecture 317 Preventing Multi Render

Lecture 318 Page Navigator

Lecture 319 Turning Pages

Lecture 320 Loading Indicator

Lecture 321 Table Of Content

Lecture 322 Formatting Table Of Content

Lecture 323 Table Of Content UI

Lecture 324 Using Correct Href

Lecture 325 How it is Working?

Lecture 326 Header

Lecture 327 Theme Options

Lecture 328 Font & Notes Options

Lecture 329 Updating Theme

Lecture 330 Updating Font

Lecture 331 Counting Pages

Lecture 332 Highlight Options

Lecture 333 Highlight Option Conditional Display

Lecture 334 Highlighting Selected Text

Lecture 335 Sending History Request

Lecture 336 Multi Highlight Fixed

Lecture 337 Removing Highlights

Lecture 338 Last Visited Location

Lecture 339 Debounce Function

Lecture 340 Fixing Some Small Issues

Lecture 341 Notes Modal

Lecture 342 Rendering Notes

Lecture 343 On Notes Click

Lecture 344 Book Window Resize

Lecture 345 Fixing Lint Warnings

Ideal for those starting their journey in web development, eager to learn full-stack technologies.,Perfect for developers looking to expand their skills into full-stack development using the MERN stack.,Great for front-end developers wanting to deepen their React skills and integrate them with back-end technologies.,Suitable for those familiar with Node JS and Express, looking to enhance their front-end knowledge with React.,Perfect for individuals aiming to build a robust e-commerce platform for selling digital products like e-books.,Beneficial for freelance developers who want to offer full-stack solutions to their clients.,Valuable for students wanting practical experience in building full-stack applications.,Ideal for professionals seeking to transition into a tech career with a focus on web development.,Perfect for those who learn best by working on real-world projects and building hands-on experience.