📚 StudyNotion - EdTech Platform

StudyNotion is a full-featured EdTech platform built with the MERN stack that empowers students to learn interactively 📖, instructors to share knowledge 👨‍🏫, and admins to manage the ecosystem ⚙️.

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📑 Table of Contents

• Introduction
• System Architecture
• Features
• API Design
• Installation
• Configuration
• Usage
• Preview
• Dependencies
• Folder Structure
• Contributing
• Contact

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🚀 Introduction

StudyNotion aims to provide a seamless, engaging, and scalable learning experience.
It serves students with interactive courses, instructors with a platform to monetize expertise, and eventually admins with control over the platform.

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🏗 System Architecture

The project follows a client-server architecture with three main components:

🎨 Frontend (React + TailwindCSS)

• For Students: Homepage, Course List, Wishlist, Checkout, Course Content, User Profile
• For Instructors: Dashboard, Insights, Course Management, Profile Management
• For Admins (Future Scope): Platform Dashboard, User & Instructor Management, Insights

⚙️ Backend (Node + Express)

• Authentication & Authorization (JWT + OTP + Reset Password)
• Course Management (CRUD for instructors)
• Student Course Purchase (Razorpay integration)
• Cloud-based Media Management (Cloudinary)
• Markdown Support for content

🗄 Database (MongoDB)

• User Data
• Courses & Content
• Orders & Payments

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✨ Features

✅ Student & Instructor Authentication
✅ Course Management & Rating System
✅ Wishlist & Cart Checkout
✅ Payment Gateway Integration (Razorpay)
✅ Media Storage with Cloudinary
✅ Insights & Analytics (Instructor + Admin)
✅ Secure Password Reset (Email OTP)

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📡 API Design

• Follows REST Architecture
• Built with Express.js
• Data Format: JSON
• Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE

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📸 You can preview the StudyNotion platform

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⚡ Installation

Clone the repository and install dependencies:

# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/codeCraft-Ritik/Study-Notion.git
cd StudyNotion

# Install backend
cd Server && npm install

# Install frontend
cd .. && npm install