Connect Hub

• A social media application that allows users to create profiles, post content, and interact with other users.
• The application is built using Java and features various functionalities for user management, profile customization, and content sharing.
• It focuses heavily on OOP, SOLID principles, and design patterns.

Features

User Management

• Sign Up: Users can sign up using a unique username, email address, password, and date of birth.
• Login: Users can log in using their email and password.
• Profile Settings: Users can update their username, email, password, date of birth, profile picture, cover photo, and bio.

Profile Customization

• Profile Picture: Users can upload and change their profile picture.
• Cover Photo: Users can upload and change their cover photo.
• Bio: Users can write and update a short bio.

Content Sharing

• Posts: Users can create posts with text and images.
• Post Display: Posts are displayed in a card format with the author's profile picture, username, and post content.

Friends Management

• Add Friends: Users can add other users as friends.
• Remove Friends: Users can remove friends from their friend list.
• Block Users: Users can block other users to prevent them from interacting.

Code Structure

Backend

• User: Represents a user in the application.
• Profile: Manages user profile information.
• Database: Handles user data storage and retrieval.

Frontend

• CurrentUserProfile: Displays the current user's profile.
• UserProfile: Displays a user's profile.
• PostCard: Displays a post in a card format.

Utilities

• Utilities: Contains utility methods for common tasks.

JSON Data

• users.json: Stores user data in JSON format.