Rentify

Property Rental Platform

Live Preview ↗GitHub ↗⏱ 2024 · Full-stack rental marketplace

Airbnb-inspired full-stack rental marketplace built with Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and EJS. Users can register, browse listings, upload property photos, leave reviews, and manage owned listings securely.

★ Position Gained

Delivered a production-ready rental listing experience with Passport.js local authentication, MongoDB session persistence via connect-mongo, Cloudinary image uploads, Mapbox-powered property maps, and owner/review-author authorization guards.

Pieces in Play

Node.jsExpressMongoDBEJSPassport.jsCloudinaryMapboxJoiDocker

⚔ Complications on the Board

Secured sessions and authentication with Passport.js local strategy and persistent MongoDB sessions.
Built Cloudinary-backed image upload workflows and stored filenames for later asset management.
Geocoded property locations through Mapbox and rendered interactive maps on listing pages.
Enforced owner-only listing edits/deletes and review author-only review removal.

✦ Post-Game Analysis

Server-side validation with Joi improves reliability for complex form flows.
Role-based authorization is essential for protecting CRUD operations in multi-user apps.
Docker Compose makes local development and deployment more consistent across environments.

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