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Introducing Campus Create: The Modern Academic Companion App
College academic communication is often broken—scattered WhatsApp groups, missing lecture notes, outdated pinboards, and unverified study material.
To solve this, I built Campus Create—a full-stack, real-time college companion mobile app designed to centralize academic resources, official notices, and exam timetables into one intuitive, beautifully designed experience.
💡 Core Features
👥 Dual-Role Experience (Students & Faculty)
Students: Access curated study materials, track exams, and submit notes for peer learning.
Teachers: Post verified announcements, schedule exams, and moderate student uploads.
📢 Real-Time Official Notice Board
Instant campus-wide or year-specific announcements powered by real-time WebSockets.
Filter by category (Exam, Event, General, Urgent) with debounced search.
📚 Moderated Peer-to-Peer Academic Library
Smart Subject Routing: When a student uploads notes or past papers, the submission is automatically routed to teachers who specialize in that subject.
Teacher Moderation: Teachers approve or reject submissions with structured feedback before resources go live to the student body.
Direct PDF viewing, offline file downloading, and native OS file sharing.
🗓️ Exam Timetable & Schedule Tracker
Faculty can schedule upcoming exams with subject details, syllabus coverage, exam timing, and room allocations.
Students get an auto-filtered exam schedule customized to their academic year.
📊 Smart Dashboard
Live metrics at a glance: unread notices from the last 7 days, available resources, upcoming exams, and pending reviews.
🎨 Accessible, High-Performance UI
Built with Tamagui for silky-smooth 60fps animations.
Full WCAG AA contrast compliance across both Light and Dark modes.
Tactile haptic feedback and custom skeleton loaders for a fluid feel.
🛠️ Tech Stack & Architecture
Mobile Frontend
Framework: React Native 0.81 & Expo SDK 54
Navigation: Expo Router v6 (file-based routing)
Language: TypeScript
UI & Styling: Tamagui 2.0 (compiled design tokens, elevation system)
State Management: Zustand (auth & session) + TanStack React Query (cache & sync)
Native Device APIs:
expo-secure-store (Hardware-backed encrypted JWT storage)
expo-file-system & expo-sharing (In-app file download & sharing)
expo-document-picker (PDF document uploads)
expo-haptics & react-native-reanimated (Micro-interactions)
Backend & Cloud Infrastructure
Database: Supabase PostgreSQL (with Row-Level Security & GIN indexing)
Authentication: Supabase Auth with custom user profile sync & college-domain restriction (@college.edu)
Realtime: Supabase Realtime (WebSocket channels for instant notifications)
File Storage: Supabase Storage (academic-resources bucket for PDFs)
Serverless Functions: Supabase Edge Functions (Deno runtime) for registration & upload processing
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