--- title: Building a forum with React, NodeJS | daily.dev description: Learn how to build a forum system with React and NodeJS. Set up the project environment, create the Node.js server, design the user interface, authenticate... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-forum-with-react-nodejs-ozaebyo9d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building a forum with React, NodeJS | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to build a forum system with React and NodeJS. Set up the project environment, create the Node.js server, design the user interface, authenticate... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-forum-with-react-nodejs-ozaebyo9d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oZaEBYo9D.png og:image:alt: Building a forum with React, NodeJS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building a forum with React, NodeJS **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 21 min read · 108 upvotes · 10 comments ## Summary Learn how to build a forum system with React and NodeJS. Set up the project environment, create the Node.js server, design the user interface, authenticate users, create and retrieve post threads, and send notifications using Novu Topic API. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@lvieira268** · 1 upvotes > Nevo working in full mode! HAHAHA > I love so mutch 😻 **@nartikn** · 1 upvotes > Nice, thanks for the information! **@bendevweb** · 0 upvotes > Very interesting and well detailed. It allows to approach the construction of a fullstack forum. 👍 **@prabuhadi** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for the tutorial, really helpful for beginner! **@shytan** · 0 upvotes > Great!!! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#novu](https://daily.dev/tags/novu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-forum-with-react-nodejs-ozaebyo9d) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Building a forum with React, NodeJS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-forum-with-react-nodejs-ozaebyo9d","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-forum-with-react-nodejs-ozaebyo9d"},"datePublished":"2023-02-27T13:22:47.902Z","dateModified":"2024-04-09T14:31:26.143Z","description":"Learn how to build a forum system with React and NodeJS. 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