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Created for developers (but not only ๐Ÿ˜) to help them get a dream job ๐Ÿ’ผ

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I decided to build something like this, because I always dreamed about website with many functionalities, where the user can have his own account and can influence the main content. My choice was to create portal with job offers, I wanted to help people (myself?) get a dream work. Imagine that I could search for my first job in my own app!

Tech stack

Always, when I'm going to build something new I want to choose technologies, that I had never worked with. Here, I built my first backend! I used Express.js, PostgreSQL and many more libraries to handle everything on the page.

Authenticating users, validating offers, checking permissions, uff, it all took a lot of time and work to cover all edge cases.

On the front end, my choice was Next.js, I also used (and learned) Redux to manage state. Of course, I wrote the whole app in TypeScript without which I canโ€™t imagine the project now.

Tech stack chart
Tech stack chart

Problems

The biggest problem, in my opinion, was the vastness of the dependencies that had to be addressed. It was my first time working with a code of this size and I will say that at first it wasnโ€™t easy. But, when I walked through the app hundreds of times I began to feel more and more comfortable.

Another problem, that I can mention is validation. Previously, I donโ€™t know how many checks should be done, when user attempt to e.g. sign up or edit offer. It wasn't until I had to implement it myself that I realized how tedious the process is.

But finally, I think everything is working fine ๐Ÿฅฐ

Dashboard view
Dashboard view

Lessons learned

Where to start? If I were to describe everything I've learned, there would be something like an infinite scroll. This project helped to solidify a lot my TypeScript and React knowledge.

I learn how to use a lot of tools, that are used in todayโ€™s development. In addition, I read a couple of articles about design, typography and colors to make my app the best possible in UI and UX ๐Ÿ’ช

Offers view
Offers view
Bartosz Zagrodzki
Written by Bartosz Zagrodzki

Blogger, software engineer and the main coordinator of this blog, he has lots of ideas and won't hesitate to use them! He lives in Poland.