🎓 Study-Sphere - A Collaborative Study Platform

Welcome to Study-Sphere, a powerful and responsive educational platform built for students, tutors, and admins to collaborate, manage study sessions, and enhance learning experiences.

🌐 Live Site: https://study-sphere-fb1d4.web.app

📁 Client Repo: Client GitHub
📁 Server Repo: Server GitHub

🔐 Admin Credentials:

• Email: admin@gmail.com

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🚀 Key Features

• 🧾 JWT Authentication (Email/Password & Google)
• 👥 Role-Based Access Control (Student / Tutor / Admin)
• 📅 Study Session Creation & Booking
• 📝 Notes & Review System for Students
• 🧑‍🏫 Tutor Material Uploading & Session Control
• 🛡️ Admin Dashboard for managing users, sessions, and content
• 🌍 Fully Responsive across mobile, tablet, and desktop
• 🔐 Protected Routes with token persistence on reload
• ⚙️ TanStack Query used for all GET API calls
• 🌈 SweetAlert2 & Toastify for all notifications and CRUD feedback
• 📦 .env-secured Firebase & MongoDB credentials

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✨ Homepage Sections

1. 🔝 Navbar with dynamic login/logout and dashboard routing
2. 🎯 Hero Banner with call-to-action
3. 🗂️ Available Study Sessions (Only approved ones shown)
4. 📚 Popular Study Categories
5. 👨‍🏫 Featured Tutors
6. 📞 Footer with social and contact info

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📁 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, React Router DOM, TailwindCSS, DaisyUI, Framer Motion
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, JWT
• Authentication: Firebase Auth (Email/Password, Google)
• API Data Fetching: Axios + TanStack Query
• File Hosting: ImgBB (Material/Image Uploads)
• Payment Gateway: Stripe
• Other Tools: React Hook Form, React Toastify, SweetAlert2, Date-fns

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🔐 Role-Based Dashboards

🧑‍🎓 Student Dashboard

• ✅ View & Book Sessions
• 📝 Create & Manage Notes
• ⭐ Submit Ratings & Reviews
• 📥 Download Materials (Images & Drive links)

👨‍🏫 Tutor Dashboard

• ➕ Create Sessions
• 📤 Upload Materials
• 👀 View Own Sessions with Rejection Feedback

👨‍💼 Admin Dashboard

• 🔍 Search & Manage Users (with role update)
• 📜 Approve/Reject Study Sessions with modal feedback
• 🧹 View/Delete Materials
• 📢 Make Announcements (optional feature)

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🔄 Pagination

• 📄 Tutors Page
• 📄 Admin → All Users Page

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🔑 Authentication Strategy

• Email/Password Login (with role selection)
• Google OAuth (default role: student)
• JWT Token stored in localStorage
• Axios interceptor to attach token
• Middleware for role-based route protection

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🌟 Bonus Features

• 🧠 Classmate Viewer by Session (student dashboard)
• 📢 Public Announcements page
• 🔒 Token-secured route refresh persistence

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🛠️ Environment Variables (.env)