💻 #43: Build a YouTube Clone using the MERN stack 📺
Build yourself a YouTube clone with Authentication
Happy Friday, developer! 👋
In this weekend’s project, we’ll be making a YouTube clone using the MERN stack. That means we’re going to be creating a frontend and backend and connecting it to a database. If you’re not familiar with the MERN stack it’s MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js. If you’re new to any of these concepts, don’t worry follow along and it’ll all make sense.
Let’s get started!
Tutorial of the week:
Length: 3.5 hours
Difficulty: Intermediate
This weekend’s tutorial is by Lama Dev. I really like how he structures his projects and I think you will too! Let’s begin!
What you’ll learn this weekend:
React.js 🌐
Node.js 🧠
Firebase 🔥
MongoDB 🍃
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3 creative projects of the week:
1. LikeWordle.com
If you’ve been following the newsletter for a while you probably noticed a Wordle-like game every few weeks, well I’ve finally found the motherload. 276 different versions of Wordle. The reason I like these games so much is that they’re usually quite straightforward and lightweight so they are easy to build.
2. The Comfy Web
Turn any YouTube channel or playlist into a 24/7 stream for you and your friends to share. Pretty neat concept! Nice work!
3. How Far Can You Travel in 5 Hours?
This web app lets your check how far you can travel in 5 hours from a selected starting point. Might make planning a future weekend trip easier!
That’s all folks!
I hope you enjoyed this weekend’s edition of Weekend Web Dev!
I hope these three projects give you inspiration for your next three.js project or portfolio. If you create anything please share it with me on Twitter or reply to this email!
I’d love to see what you’re building.
Your fellow weekend developer,
PS. A lot of people asked me how I got started with web development, I can highly recommend this course by Andrew Mead, it was the first Udemy course I ever bought and I owe it to the course for teaching me the fundamentals of Javascript which are used in all frontend frameworks.
