Notes is a minimalist, plain-text, fullstack web application for creating and keeping digital notes. Sign up for a new account here and check it out.
This is my first full-stack web application. It had to be a note-taking app because I'm constantly taking notes, but also because I've always wanted a free and simple note-taking application that I could quickly access and use online wherever I was. There's a lot more that is yet to be done (see below), but some of the features include: dark mode support, minimalist and simple design that is fully responsive.
This is a MERN stack application. Here's a breakdown of the technologies used:
- React
- React Router: for handling client-side routing
- Context API: for global state management
- React Transition Group: for animation
- Node
- Express: for building a REST API and running a web server
- JSON Web Tokens: for authentication
- MongoDB: for data persistence
- Mongoose: for object document modeling
- You must have Node and npm installed locally on your machine.
- Clone the repo
- Download the project dependencies:
npm install && cd client && npm install - Start the app:
npm run dev
This is a work in progress. The ultimate goal is to turn this web application into a cross-platform desktop application that supports Linux in particular. Before that happens, however, there are a few features that need to be implemented first:
- Add support for multiple notebooks
- Add the ability to search through all notes
- Add support for bolding, italicizing, and making lists
- Save all notes in encrypted form
Feel free to contribute. Just follow these steps:
- Fork the project
- Clone it locally:
git clone https://github.com/yourUserName/yourRepoName.git - Install server-side dependencies:
npm install - Install client-side dependencies:
cd client && npm install - Create a new branch:
git switch -c yourBranchName - Add then commit your changes:
git commit -m "yourCommitMessage" - Push your new code:
git push origin yourBranchName - Open a pull request!
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.