Quad – Student Social Entertainment Platform

Quad is a full-stack social entertainment platform for students, featuring posts, stories, polls, real-time chat and notifications.

This repository contains both the backend API and the frontend web app.

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📚 Documentation Overview

Backend Documentation

Backend docs live under backend/docs/:

• Backend Documentation Index – API, database, auth, realtime, deployment, and more.

Frontend Documentation

Frontend-specific docs live under frontend/docs/:

• Frontend Docs Index Technical reference and user documentation for the web app.

Shared (full project)

Shared docs live under the root docs/ folder:

• Documentation Hub Full-stack setup, architecture overview, deployment, and audits.

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🏁 Getting Started (High Level)

For detailed setup, see the backend and frontend documentation. At a high level:

1. Backend
   See backend/docs/development/README.md for environment setup and running the API + realtime server.

2. Frontend
   From the frontend/ directory, install dependencies and run the dev server (commands as defined in frontend/package.json).

3. Docs
   Use the links above to explore architecture, APIs, and user guides.

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🧩 Key Features

• Posts, stories, and polls
• User profiles and follow system
• Real-time chat
• Real-time notifications
• Advanced search
• Theming (light/dark/system) and UI/UX polish