SkillBridge 🚀

A collaborative skill-sharing platform for learners and experts alike.

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🌐 Project Overview

SkillBridge is a full-stack web application designed to empower individuals to share skills, learn from others, and grow together. Users can post learning content, interact through comments and likes, create personalized learning plans, and track their learning progress — all while being notified in real-time.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend (React)

• React (via Create React App)
• React Router
• Axios
• Context API / Redux (if applicable)
• Material UI / TailwindCSS (customize accordingly)

Backend (Spring Boot)

• Spring Boot (Java)
• Spring Security + OAuth2 (Google Login)
• Spring Data JPA
• Hibernate
• MySQL / PostgreSQL (customize accordingly)
• Maven

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✨ Features

🔗 Skill Sharing

• Add new posts with media and tags
• Edit and delete posts
• Like and comment on posts
• View post details and discussions

📚 Learning Plans

• Create, update, delete personal learning plans
• Organize skills and track goals

📈 Learning Progress

• CRUD operations for learning milestones
• Mark tasks as complete or in progress

🔔 Notifications

• Get real-time updates for likes, comments, and more

🔐 Authentication

• Secure login with Google OAuth 2.0

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📸 Screenshots

Coming soon!

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Java 17+
• Node.js v16+
• Maven 3.8+
• MySQL/PostgreSQL setup
• Google OAuth credentials

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🧩 Backend Setup

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/DinithaFdo/skillbridge.git


# Configure DB and Google Auth in application.properties
# Run the application
mvn spring-boot:run

💻 Frontend Setup

cd frontend

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development server
npm start

🧪 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/posts	Get all posts
POST	/api/posts	Create new post
PUT	/api/posts/{id}	Update post
DELETE	/api/posts/{id}	Delete post
POST	/api/comments	Add comment
GET	/api/learning-plans	List learning plans
POST	/api/learning-progress	Add learning progress
PUT	/api/learning-progress/{id}	Update learning progress
DELETE	/api/learning-progress/{id}	Delete learning progress
GET	/api/notifications	Fetch notifications
GET	/api/auth/google	Google OAuth login

🔐 Authentication

• Google OAuth 2.0 integrated via Spring Security
• JWT for session management (if implemented)