Hall of Justice

Assignment

The initial concept was to build a comprehensive tracking application for all pop-culture collectibles. As the academic year progressed, I realized the scope was too broad for the remaining timeframe. Consequently, I narrowed the focus specifically to comic books.

The workflow was designed to be simple: users could register an account to access a personal, virtual “shortbox” to catalog their physical comic collections. Additionally, members could flag specific duplicates they wished to sell and browse other collectors’ shortboxes to purchase missing issues.

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Technologies used

Full list available at: Github

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I Learned

• Setting up a REST API using Node.js and Express
• Integrating a server with a database (MongoDB)
• Implementing authentication and role-based access control (RBAC)
• Making client-side HTTP requests and handling them on the server
• Building single-page applications (SPAs) with React
• Securing routes and navigation in React

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Solutions Found

• Implementing user authentication and role management (Visitor, Member, Admin)
• State management with the React Context API
• Implementing protected routes in React Router