GDG On Campus – Newsletter Platform

A public newsletter platform for GDG On Campus, Galgotias University.

What this project does

• Public newsletter website
• Each newsletter has its own URL
• Admins can publish newsletters
• Built with Node.js + MongoDB
• Image hosting with Cloudinary

Tech Stack

Frontend: Next.js + Tailwind
Backend: Node.js + Express
Database: MongoDB + Mongoose
Image Hosting: Cloudinary

Project status

Initial setup and architecture phase. Refer to the shared Notion Docs for more help regarding development

Setup Instructions

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• MongoDB Atlas account
• Cloudinary account

Environment Variables

Backend (.env)

NODE_ENV=development
PORT=5000
API_URL=http://localhost:5000
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
CLOUDINARY_URL=cloudinary://api_key:api_secret@cloud_name
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloud_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_api_key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_api_secret

Frontend (.env)

NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://localhost:5000
NEXT_PUBLIC_CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloud_name