Home Made Delites

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A modern recipe sharing web application built with Next.js and Mongoose where food enthusiasts can discover, share, and save their favorite homemade recipes.

🚀 Features

• User Authentication: Secure login and account management
• Recipe Discovery: Browse and search for recipes by category, ingredients, or popularity
• Personal Profiles: User dashboards with saved recipes and cooking history
• Responsive Design: Optimized for desktop and mobile devices

📋 Prerequisites

• Node.js 18.x or higher
• npm 9.x or higher

⚙️ Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/home-made-delites.git
cd home-made-delites

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

1. Set up environment variables:

# Create a .env.local file in the root directory with the following variables
NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=your_api_url
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_uri
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

1. Run the development server:

npm run dev

1. Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

🧰 Tech Stack

• Framework: Next.js
• Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS
• Authentication: JWT with bcrypt
• Database: MongoDB with Mongoose
• Styling: Tailwind CSS

🔄 Available Scripts

• npm run dev - Run the development server
• npm run build - Build the application for production
• npm start - Start the production server
• npm run lint - Run ESLint to check code quality

🧪 Testing

Testing framework and guidelines will be added in future updates.

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

👏 Acknowledgments

• Next.js team for the awesome framework
• The open-source community for inspiration and tools

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Built with ❤️ by the Home Made Delites Team