Anime Movie Discussion Platform

This is a full-stack web application designed as an online platform for discussing movies in the style of anime. The platform includes a range of features such as user registration and authentication, role-based authorization, content management, and more.

Features

Authentication & Security:

• User Registration & Authentication:

  • Secure user registration with password hashing.
  • Email verification system to validate user accounts.
  • JWT-based authentication for session handling.
  • Role-based access control with two roles: Regular Users and Administrators.

• Advanced Security Measures:

  • Auto-locking system after a certain number of failed login attempts.
  • User ban functionality, managed by administrators.
  • Password recovery system using email-based tokens.

Content Management System (CMS):

• Admin panel for managing:
  • Articles and content creation.
  • User accounts (including bans and permissions).
  • Comments moderation.

User Interaction:

• Discussions and Comments:

  • Add and manage articles related to movies.
  • Commenting system for discussions.

• Chat:

  • Built-in chat system for interactions among users.

Front-End:

• Server-side rendering of HTML pages using Pug templates.
• Fully dynamic pages with interactive elements powered by vanilla JavaScript.

Technologies Used

Back-End:

• Node.js: Application runtime environment.
• Express.js: Web framework for building the server-side API and rendering pages.
• Mongoose: ODM library for MongoDB, used for managing database schemas and queries.

Front-End:

• Pug: Template engine used on the server for generating and delivering complete HTML pages.
• Vanilla JavaScript: Used for client-side interactivity (e.g., form validations, modals).

Database:

• MongoDB: NoSQL database for storing user data, articles, comments, and chat messages.