PeerPrep

PeerPrep a web application that seeks to help students better prepare themselves for the highly challenging technical interviews.

PeerPrep helps users to find a fellow peer who wants to work on a problem of similar difficulty, and allows them to work together and communicate with each other on the problem.

Access our app here (currently down)

How to start (locally)

Prerequisite

1. Go into respective directories by running cd <dirname>
2. Run npm install

Frontend

1. Rename .env.sample file to .env.
2. Run npm start (Frontend runs on localhost:3000)

User Service

1. Rename .env.sample file to .env.
2. Create a Cloud DB URL using Mongo Atlas.
3. Enter the DB URL created as DB_CLOUD_URI in .env file.
4. Run npm start (User Service runs on localhost:8000)

Matching Service

1. Rename .env.sample file to .env.
2. Run npm start (Matching Service runs on localhost:8001)

Collaboration Service

1. Rename .env.sample file to .env.
2. Run npm start (Collaboration Service runs on localhost:3001)

Question Service

1. Rename .env.sample file to .env.
2. Create a Cloud DB URL using Mongo Atlas.
3. Enter the DB URL created as DB_CLOUD_URI in .env file.
4. Run npm start (Question Service runs on localhost:3002)

Chat Service

1. Rename .env.sample file to .env.
2. Run npm start (Collaboration Service runs on localhost:3003)