Forem: Imran Khan

Codeflow - Real time collaborative code editor

Imran Khan — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:04:55 +0000

🚀 Excited to share what I’ve been building for the past 15-20 days!

I developed an AI-powered real-time code editor using the MERN stack, packed with features to make coding collaborative and seamless:

✨ Highlights:
Real-time Collaboration via WebSockets: Code together with multiple participants in shared rooms, instantly synced.
AI Assistant (Google Gemini): Helps debug, explain concepts, and generate code snippets.
Multi-language Support: JS, Python, C++, Java, TypeScript, and more.
In-browser Code Execution & Live Preview: Run code directly with Judge0 API and see HTML/CSS/JS updates instantly.
Secure JWT Authentication for sign-up, sign-in, and session management.
Collaborative Rooms & Code Export: Create/join rooms and save your work.

💡 What I learned:
API handling with React Query
TypeScript for type-safe development
ShadCN/UI for building clean, responsive interfaces
Form handling and validation using Zod
Full-stack deployment, connecting frontend & backend in production

🔗 Check it out:
Live Demo : https://codeflow-app.onrender.com/
GitHub Repository : https://github.com/imrancodes/codeflow

This project was a deep dive into real-time WebSocket integrations, AI-powered features, and full-stack app deployment. Highly recommended for anyone looking to explore advanced MERN applications!

Next.js Progress Update

Imran Khan — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 09:48:05 +0000

I finally got a good grip on NextAuth.js for auth, building CRUD APIs, writing the backend in Next.js, and handling forms.
Feels like I’m actually starting to build real full-stack apps with Next.js

Achieved Node Certification from HackerRank

Imran Khan — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:13:21 +0000

🎉 Just earned my Node(Basic) Certificate from HackerRank by solving challenging Node.js problems!
Excited to keep building scalable backend applications and sharpening my skills. 💻

Started with Next js

Imran Khan — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:10:53 +0000

Just started learning Next.js, explored the folder structure and how the router works pretty good so far 🔥 excited to learn more

Learning Multer & Morgan in Node.js

Imran Khan — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:34:16 +0000

Just learned how to handle file uploads in Node.js using Multer and how to log requests with Morgan! Building APIs feels so much cleaner now.

Note API: Authentication, Authorization & CRUD

Imran Khan — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 21:23:46 +0000

Just finished building my Note API where I combined authentication, authorization with JWT and full CRUD functionality to manage user-specific notes. Really happy with how this small project helped me understand securing APIs and structuring backend logic.

Repo: https://github.com/imrancodes/Note-API

Building a Node.js Auth API: JWT, Bcrypt & Cookies

Imran Khan — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:10:39 +0000

Built a small Auth API in Node.js while learning authentication & authorization. Explored JWT, stateful vs stateless sessions, bcrypt, and storing tokens in cookies. Simple to implement, Very exited to implement this in big projects!

https://github.com/imrancodes/Auth-API

Leveling Up with MongoDB & Mongoose

Imran Khan — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 20:29:04 +0000

Just wrapped up learning Express, Now diving into MongoDB and Mongoose! Learned how to connect Mongo with Node.js and even built a mini project — a URL Shortener 🔗

Github: https://github.com/imrancodes/url-shortner

Learning Express.js Basics

Imran Khan — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:01:21 +0000

Dived deeper into Express.js — learned what RESTful APIs are, built my first ever RESTful API using Express!
Explored middleware, HTTP status codes, headers, and how to test APIs using Postman.
Excited to keep building and learning more!

Further Learning in Node.js: Building Servers and Exploring Express

Imran Khan — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:07:19 +0000

In my further learning of Node.js, I explored how to create a basic server using the built-in http module. I also learned how to parse URLs and work with different HTTP methods like GET and POST. Additionally, I got a brief introduction to Express.js, which simplifies server-side development by providing a cleaner and more efficient way to handle routes and requests.

Looking for Hackathon Squad

Imran Khan — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 09:59:52 +0000

Open to join any hackathon team (online or around Mumbai)!
Let’s build something cool together — tech, design, ideas, I’m in!
DM me if you’re looking for a teammate or wanna team up 🚀👨‍💻

How Computers See the World???

Imran Khan — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:03:41 +0000

👨‍💻 Spent time diving deep into how computers handle data — from bits, bytes, and nibbles to UTF-8, endianness, and BOM.
Also explored various number systems, including decimal, binary, octal, and hexadecimal, and the reasons why computers prefer powers of 2.