Feature Request: Role-Based User Dashboard with Authentication & Backend Integration

[ayushHardeniya]

📌 Summary:

We need to implement a User Dashboard System for the ZenYukti platform, with proper authentication, backend, and database support. This dashboard will serve three types of users with different flows and purposes: Members, Contributors, and Mentors.

🎯 Key Features & Flow:

1. Authentication System

User Sign-Up / Login (email + password or OAuth)

Integrated with a secure backend and database (e.g., Firebase, Supabase, or Node/Express with MongoDB/PostgreSQL)

Post-login, user is prompted to choose one of the 3 roles.

2. User Role Selection (During Signup)

Upon successful registration, users must choose:

👤 Member || 🛠️ Contributor || 🎓 Mentor

3. Dashboard View Based on Role

Each role will be routed to a different dashboard UI & backend flow.

🧭 Role-wise Flow (High-Level):

👤 Member:
See basic stats (community activity, announcements, events)

Optionally track personal engagement

🛠️ Contributor:
Show a list of GitHub repos under the GitHub org., the user has contributed to

Show their pull requests, issues, and contribution badges

GitHub account linking may be required

🎓 Mentor:
Additional registration step to add:

Domain(s) of expertise

Experience summary/bio

Optional availability info

Store mentor data in a database for future matching

📦 Backend Considerations:
Role-based access control (RBAC) for managing features and views

Database models for each user type

API routes for retrieving and updating dashboard data

🔜 Next Step:
✅ Set up a basic authentication system

After that, start modular integration of role-based flows.

"✅ Tech Stack RECOMMENDATION:

1. Frontend (React / Next.js)
   React.js (for SPA dashboard) or Next.js (if you want SSR and better routing)

Free, open-source, and widely supported

2. Authentication
   🔐 Firebase Authentication (Free tier includes email/password, Google, GitHub, etc.)
   Free for up to 10K monthly active users
   Supports role-based auth via custom claims
   Or you can use Clerk or Auth0’s free plan (Clerk has 5K MAUs)

3. Database
   🗃️ Firebase Firestore (NoSQL – free tier works well initially)
   50K document reads/day, 20K writes/day
   Or use Supabase (PostgreSQL + Auth + API) — free tier is generous
   Or use MongoDB Atlas Free Cluster

4. Backend
   ☁️ Cloud Functions (Firebase) — for handling secure logic
   Or use Express.js with Vercel or Railway or Render (All have generous free tiers)

5. GitHub Integration (for Contributors)
   Use GitHub API (free) to fetch:
   User contributions

Public repos of ZenYukti

PRs, Issues, etc.

6. Deployment (All Free)
   Frontend: Vercel / Netlify / GitHub Pages

Backend/API: Vercel Serverless Functions / Render / Railway

Database/Auth: Firebase / Supabase (both full-stack)

🔐 No Paid APIs, Still Feature-Rich
You're covered for:

Auth ✅
Database ✅
Serverless Backend ✅
GitHub Integration ✅
Dashboard Hosting ✅

⚠️ Things to Keep in Mind:
Use free services within their quotas.

Avoid heavy backend logic or large datasets on free plans.

For GitHub API, unauthenticated requests have low rate limits — you might need GitHub personal access tokens (still free)."