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A Collaborative Platform for Students

FULL STACK ACADEMIC PROJECT RESEARCH
2025

During my final year of the Software Engineering degree, I developed a full-stack web application as my Bachelor's Thesis to help students collaborate more easily, regardless of their academic level. The idea came from something very common: most students end up relying on WhatsApp or Telegram groups to share notes, solve doubts, or coordinate deadlines. The issue? Those platforms simply aren’t built for that.

So I set out to create a better alternative — a platform where students could share resources, stay organized, and communicate in a way that actually makes sense for learning.

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Key Features

  • 📁 File sharing, with filters and quick search.
  • 📅 Event calendar to keep track of exams, deadlines or study group sessions.
  • 💬 Threaded discussion forums, much more organized than traditional group chats.
  • 📬 Private messaging between group members.
  • 🏆 Participation ranking system to encourage contributions (no money involved, just recognition).
  • 🔒 Private groups with invitation-only access.
  • 🛠️ Group moderation tools, including roles and permissions.
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Tech Stack

  • ⚛️ Next.js + React on the front-end: fast, responsive, and component-based SPA.
  • 🎨 Tailwind CSS + Shadcn UI for a clean, consistent, and adaptive UI.
  • 🖥️ Node.js + Express to build a solid and secure REST API.
  • 🗃️ MySQL as the relational database.
  • 🔐 JWT for secure session management and protected routes.
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Development Process

I followed a classic waterfall methodology: requirements definition, technical design, implementation, and testing. I built everything from scratch — user auth, file uploads, threaded discussions, filters, group creation, and more.

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Challenges and Takeaways

Beyond the technical side, this project taught me how to make real design decisions, think about usability and scalability, and keep the code maintainable. I learned how to prioritize features, think from the user's perspective, and bring an idea to life from scratch.

The best part? Watching how a solution to a real problem turned into a fully functional platform that could actually help students help each other.

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