Welcome to HomeFinder – your go-to platform for browsing properties, submitting inquiries, and managing your user profile. This is the first version of the application and is open for future improvements!
🌐 Live Demo: https://homefinder-cdye.onrender.com/
- Secure sign-up and login with bcrypt password hashing
- View and update user profile
- Session management with automatic logout after inactivity
- Block login attempts after multiple failed tries
- Browse all properties
- Top 5 properties filtered by location
- Detailed property pages with up to 3 latest inquiries
- Submit and view inquiries (paginated)
- Track property searches and clicks
- Refresh current clicks and searches dynamically
- Prepared for future marketing dashboards
- Friendly error pages for unauthorized access, missing resources, and server errors
- Backend: Node.js, Express.js
- Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Database: PostgreSQL (
pgpackage) - Templating: EJS
- Authentication: bcrypt, express-session
- Environment Variables: dotenv
- Other: method-override
- Interactive UI: Dynamic updates for properties, inquiries, and marketing analytics
- Carousel / Slideshow: Smooth navigation through property images
- Statistics & Charts: Price histograms, average square footage, and outlier detection using Chart.js
- CSS Animations: Subtle transitions and hover effects enhance user experience
- Real-time Updates: Top properties, clicks, and search stats are refreshed dynamically
- This is the first version, and further improvements like advanced filtering, notifications, and enhanced analytics dashboards are planned.
- The project demonstrates a full-stack approach integrating Node.js, PostgreSQL, EJS templating, and dynamic frontend interactions.
- CSS animations and dynamic UI updates improve the user experience and make the interface more responsive and interactive.