Community Connect Platform

Overview

Community Connect is a platform designed to enhance community engagement by facilitating activity management and secure user interactions through a centralized system. The platform aims to foster stronger community bonds and increase participation in local activities.

Key Features

• Activity Management: Create, update, delete, and manage community activities.
• Secure User Interaction: Secure signup, login, and profile management.
• Categorization: Activities are categorized for easy browsing (e.g., Social, Clean-Up, Fundraiser).
• Search and Filter: Search activities by various criteria and filter results for relevance.
• Notifications: Implementing microservices with Kafka queues for notifications.
• Multiple Roles: Support for activity organizers and regular users.

Status

This project is completed and operational.

Technologies Used

• Spring Boot
• Hibernate
• Kafka
• Thymeleaf
• MySQL
• Spring Security
• Spring Cloud

Installation Instructions

To set up the Community Connect platform locally:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/community-connect.git

2. Navigate into the project directory:

   cd community-connect

3. Build the project:

   mvnw clean install

4. Run the application:

   mvnw spring-boot:run

5. Access the application at

   http://localhost:8080