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? Assignment - Book Review Platform

The assignment requires the development of a Book Review Platform using React and Node.js, allowing users to add books, write reviews, and rate them. Key features include user authentication, a REST API, and a frontend with specific pages for login, book listing, and reviews. The project is time-bound to 48 hours and includes evaluation criteria based on code quality, functionality, and creativity.

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? Assignment - Book Review Platform

The assignment requires the development of a Book Review Platform using React and Node.js, allowing users to add books, write reviews, and rate them. Key features include user authentication, a REST API, and a frontend with specific pages for login, book listing, and reviews. The project is time-bound to 48 hours and includes evaluation criteria based on code quality, functionality, and creativity.

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📚 Assignment: Book Review Platform

🎯 Objective
You're required to build a Book Review Platform where users can:

●​ Add new books​

●​ View a list of all books with filters​

●​ Write reviews for books​

●​ Rate books (1 to 5 stars)​

●​ View average rating per book​

This is a 48-hour time-bound assignment to evaluate your backend and frontend


development skills using React and Node.js.

✅ Functional Requirements
📘 Books
Each book should have:

●​ title (string)​

●​ author (string)​

●​ genre (string)​

Users should be able to:

●​ Add new books​


●​ View a paginated list of all books​

●​ Filter books by genre and/or author​

✍️ Reviews
Each book can have multiple reviews with:

●​ review_text (string)​

●​ rating (integer from 1 to 5)​

●​ reviewer (logged-in user)​

Users should be able to:

●​ Add a review and rating to any book​

●​ View all reviews for a book​

●​ See the average rating for each book on the listing and detail pages​

💻 Technical Requirements
🔐 Authentication
●​ Implement simple Signup/Login using JWT​

●​ Only logged-in users can add books or write reviews​

🧠 Backend (Node.js)
●​ REST API with appropriate routes and validations​

●​ Use any database (SQLite, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB)​


●​ Use proper model relationships (1 book → many reviews)​

🎨 Frontend (React)
●​ Use React with Hooks (no class components)​

●​ Pages required:​

○​ Login / Signup​

○​ Book list page (with filters, pagination)​

○​ Add Book page​

○​ Book Detail page (show reviews + add review)​

You may use Axios for API calls and React Router for navigation.

🛠️ Bonus (Optional but Appreciated)


●​ Use MUI / Tailwind / Chakra UI for styling​

●​ Show visual stars in rating display​

●​ Add sorting (by rating, date added)​

●​ Add form validations​

●​ Responsive UI​

●​ Basic deployment (Vercel + Render/Railway)​

🧪 Evaluation Criteria
Area Weight

Code Quality & Structure 25%

Backend API Design & Security 20%

UI Flow & UX 20%

Functionality Completeness 20%

Bonus & Creativity 15%

🔒 Anti-Cheat Requirements
To ensure fairness, you must include the following:

1.​ 5-minute Loom video walkthrough of your app and code structure​

2.​ README.md with:​

○​ Setup instructions​

○​ Architecture decisions​

○​ Known limitations (if any)​

3.​ GitHub Repository link with proper commits (no zip uploads)​

Submissions that show signs of AI-generated code with no understanding will be


disqualified.
📅 Submission Guidelines
●​ ⏱️ Deadline: 48 hours from the moment you receive this assignment​
●​ 📬 Submit via: Google Form / Email / Notion (as instructed)​
●​ 📦 Required: GitHub Repo + Loom Link + README.md

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