🌙 Dreamy - Dreams Tracker

A full-stack MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) application that lets users create, read, update, and delete dreams. The app also offers search and filtering functionality, light / dark mode, and real-time feedback with toast notifications.

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✨ Features

• ✅ CRUD operations for managing dreams
• 🔍 Search/filter dreams by keyword
• 🌗 Light/Dark mode toggle using Chakra UI
• 🔔 Toast messages for form validation and CRUD operation feedback
• ⚛️ Built with React + React Router
• 🎨 Styled using Chakra UI
• 💾 State management with Zustand
• 🛠 Express.js backend API with MongoDB/Mongoose for data storage

📽️ Demo

Watch a short walkthrough of the app in action: Dreamy Demo on Loom

🚀 Getting Started

📦 Prerequisites

• Node.js
• MongoDB Atlas account or local MongoDB instance

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Getting Started

Clone the repository and install the dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/dnmore/dreams-tracker.git
cd dreams-tracker
npm install

cd client
npm install

Create a .env file in the root:

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
PORT=5000
NODE_ENV=development

Run the client and the server separately in development

cd server
npm run dev

cd client
npm run dev

License 📄

This project is licensed under the MIT License.