NoteFlow

Welcome to NoteFlow - Your Collaborative Document Editing Solution!

Overview

NoteFlow is a real-time collaborative document editing platform inspired by Google Docs. It allows users to seamlessly collaborate on text documents, fostering a productive and efficient writing experience. With NoteFlow, multiple users can simultaneously edit and view changes in real time, making it ideal for team projects, meeting notes, and more.

Features

• Real-time collaboration: Edit documents simultaneously with multiple users.
• Rich text editing: Utilize a feature-rich text editor (e.g., Quill) for a dynamic writing experience.
• User authentication: Secure your documents with user accounts.
• Document versioning: Track and revert to previous document versions.
• Responsive design: Access NoteFlow seamlessly on various devices.

Technologies Used

• React.js: A JavaScript library for building user interfaces, React provides the foundation for the front-end development of NoteFlow, enabling a responsive and dynamic user experience.

• Quill.js: A feature-rich, open-source WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) text editor, Quill.js powers the text editing capabilities of NoteFlow, offering users a seamless and intuitive writing experience.

• Socket.IO: This library enables real-time, bidirectional, and event-based communication between clients and the server. NoteFlow leverages Socket.IO for instant collaboration, allowing multiple users to edit documents simultaneously.

• Node.js and Express: The server-side of NoteFlow is built using Node.js, with the Express framework providing a robust and scalable server structure. Node.js facilitates the handling of WebSocket connections through Socket.IO.

• MongoDB: As a NoSQL database, MongoDB is utilized for storing documents and user data in a scalable and flexible manner.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure you have the following installed:

• Node.js and npm (Node Package Manager)
• MongoDB (for database storage)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/noteflow.git

2. Navigate to the project directory, install dependencies and start the server

    cd noteflow
    npm install
    npm start

Visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser to access NoteFlow.

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community to make NoteFlow even better! To contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature/fix: git checkout -b feature-name.
3. Make your changes and commit: git commit -m "Your descriptive commit message".
4. Push to your branch: git push origin feature-name. Submit a pull request.