MERN Stack Project: Video Calling Slack Clone with React & Node.js

Let's build an advanced Slack Clone with real-time messages and video calls. Source Code: https://github.com/burakorkmez/slack-clone My 100+ Hours Course: https://dub.sh/udemy-discount ✨ Links: 🔗 Try Inngest for FREE: https://dub.sh/inngest 🚀 Try Sentry for FREE: https://dub.sh/sentry-c 📸 Try Stream for FREE: https://dub.sh/stream-sdk 🐇 Try CodeRabbit for FREE: https://dub.sh/rabbit1 🔐 Try Clerk for FREE: https://dub.sh/clerk-slack 🚀 Diagrams: https://app.eraser.io/workspace/W0fe8bQAf53gwMFNFG0j Highlights: - 💬 Real-time channels with threads, reactions & pins - 🧵 Reply-in-thread and emoji reactions everywhere - 📎 File sharing for images, PDFs, ZIPs & more - 🗳️ Built-in polls (multi-select, anonymous, user-suggested options & comments) - 👥 Direct Messages for one-to-one and small groups - 🎥 Video calls with live reactions, screen share (window or full), and call recording - 🔐 Clerk-powered auth (robust, production-ready) - ⚡ Stream for real-time chat + video infrastructure - 🧰 Backend API with Node.js, Express & MongoDB - 🛠️ Background jobs via Inngest to sync auth ↔ database - 🛡️ Sentry for production-grade error monitoring - 🧠 CodeRabbit to review PRs and suggest better code - 🧵 Frontend: React + Tailwind CSS + TanStack Query - 🌿 Git workflow: branches, commits, pull requests like a real team - 🚀 End-to-end deployment walkthrough - 🆓 Everything free to start—no credit card needed Timestamps: 00:00:00 - 0- Project Preview 00:03:18 - 1- Codebase Setup 00:23:07 - 2- Database & Tools Setup 00:46:57 - 3- Authentication & Deploying Our API 01:23:02 - 4- Completing Our API 01:48:22 - 5- Auth Page in Frontend 02:08:01 - 6- AuthProvider Setup 02:34:42 - 7- Tailwind & useStreamChat Hook Setup 03:01:56 - 8- Home Page Channels Setup 03:53:07 - 9- Home Page Direct Messages Setup 04:21:49 - 10- Channel Header Setup 05:00:19 - 11- Adding Video Calls in Call Page 05:25:05 - 12- Deploying Our App & Final Touches Thanks for watching ❤️