alexhidalgo / chatter

CHATTER - Under Development

#####"Clean code always looks like it was written by someone who cares."

Michael Feathers Author of Working Effectively with Legacy Code

###Description CHATTER is a real-time mobile chat app using Firebase's powerful API to store and sync data instantly. The app is built leveraging the Ionic Framework and Angular JS to create a hybrid webapp with a truly native-like experience. The app is written solely using client side web technology wrapped in Cordova's magic allowing access to the phone's sensors and hardware. This approach enables CHATTER and many applications like it to be built quickly without the need for writing natively, as well as server side code in this case.

###User Stories You can find feature sets and my breakdown of CHATTER's user experience here on Waffle.io, Github's version of Trello.

###Wireframes Check out wireframes built using Moqups, a simple yet powerful prototyping tool for both UX designers and developers. https://moqups.com/aj1hidalgo/ToDZdczR/p:a70f8b92a

###Interactive Prototype Here is an interactive prototype of CHATTER that you can view online or download to your phone! Prototyping is an important tool for every designer and developer which is why making it interactive to show user workflow is super important. http://invis.io/9H2E30AGS

###Models

• User

  1. Email - Type: String, Unique: True, Validation: HTML5/Angular Email
  2. Password - Type: String, Unique: True, Validation: Angular 6 characters min.

• Chat Room

  1. Name - Type: String, Unique: True
  2. Messages - Type: Array of Strings, Unique: False, Validation: Not empty string

###Technologies -APIs -Firebase

-Device APIs
	-Cordova

-Mobile Platforms
	-Xcode iOS emulator SDK
	-Android emulator SDK

-App Distribution
	-Ionic View

-Frameworks
	-Angular JS
		-Angular UI Router
	- Ionic

-Task Runners
	-Gulp

-Package Managers
	-Bower
	-NPM

###Start Contributing! If you would like to contribute to this project open your favorite terminal and run these commands.

$ npm install -g cordova ionic

git clone https://github.com/alexhidalgo/CHATTER.git

$ npm install

$ bower install

###Follow my progress as a Junior Dev :)

http://alexjhidalgo.com