Twitter Mini Assignment

A simplified Twitter/X clone built with Laravel 12, MySQL, and Laravel Sanctum.

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Features

• User registration & login (via Laravel Breeze + Sanctum)
• User profile page with basic info (username, avatar placeholder)
• Post feed (max 280 characters per post)
• Create new posts
• RESTful API with consistent response format
• MySQL migrations & seeders
• Tested with Pest (feature tests)
• Github Action to deploy to personal server via FTP

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Tech Stack

• Backend: Laravel 12 (PHP 8.2+)
• Frontend: Blade with JS
• Auth: Laravel Sanctum (API tokens & session-based)
• Database: MySQL (via Laravel migrations/seeders)
• Testing: Pest
• Containerization: Laravel Sail (Docker)

GIT Clone and Installation

• Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/mohsinadeel/twitter_clone_assignment.git

• Go into the project directory

cd twitter_clone_assignment

• Install dependencies

composer install npm install

• Copy environment file

cp .env.example .env

• Generate application key

php artisan key:generate

• Start Docker containers using Laravel Sail

./vendor/bin/sail up -d

• Run migrations (and seed if available)

./vendor/bin/sail artisan migrate --seed

• (Optional) Run tests

./vendor/bin/sail artisan test

Useful Links

• Deployed URL: https://mohsin-twitter.inceptionsol.com/
• Repository: https://github.com/mohsinadeel/twitter_clone_assignment