A snippet organizer for developers.
Snippet Saver is an app I developed from scratch to save, organize, and share code snippets. It is a full-stack MERN application with JWT authentication.
Users can search a database of publicly avaliable snippets, like their favorites, create public and private snippets, edit snippets, and delete snippets. This authentication system stores a JWT in local storage and checks it each time a protected route is requested. A password reset token can be sent to valid email addresses using Nodemailer when a password reset request is sent.
I read 'Clean Code' by Robert Martin as I was writing the backend and used this project as a sandbox to experiment with test-driven development. I found that mocking API calls using Jest, then adding code to the express server to respond to the mocked calls resulted in a clean, stable workflow. By creating code in a way that offers near-complete test coverage, I had confidence as I refactored.
While relatively simple, this app has proven to be a useful code organizer as I continue to grow as a developer. Additionally, Snippet Saver provides a solid framework for future apps that require authentication.