📌 Ugyon Connect

A social media platform with bartering, QR integration, marketplace, and job listings.

📖 Overview

Ugyon Connect is a Flutter & Firebase-powered social media platform that enhances community engagement with bartering, a marketplace, and job listings. It integrates QR scanning for seamless backend interactions with hardware.

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🚀 Features

✔️ Social Media Platform – Connect with people, share posts, and interact.
✔️ Bartering System – Trade goods/services instead of traditional payments.
✔️ Marketplace – Buy and sell products within the community.
✔️ Job Listings – Employers can post jobs, and users can apply easily.
✔️ QR Code Integration – Hardware interactions (e.g., payment verification, access control).
✔️ Push Notifications – Stay updated with real-time alerts.
✔️ Secure Authentication – Firebase Auth (Google, Email, Phone).

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🛠 Tech Stack

📱 Frontend (Flutter)

• Dart & Flutter – Cross-platform UI
• Firebase Auth & Firestore – User management & real-time database
• Provider / Riverpod – State management
• Flutter QR Scanner – Scan & generate QR codes

🌐 Backend (Node.js & Firebase Functions)

• Node.js (Express.js) – Backend API
• Firebase Firestore & Realtime Database – Scalable NoSQL database
• Firebase Cloud Functions – Serverless backend logic
• Cloud Messaging (FCM) – Push notifications

🔗 Hardware Integration

• QR Code Scanning – For payments, verification, and item transfers
• IoT Support (Optional) – Integration with RFID/NFC for future features

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📦 Installation

Prerequisites

• Flutter SDK
• Node.js
• Firebase CLI
• Android/iOS Emulator or a Physical Device

🔧 Setup

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ugyon-connect.git
   cd ugyon

2. Install Dependencies:

   npm install requirement.txt

3 Running setup.sh ```sh chmod +x setup.sh ./setup.sh