wilni / small-talk-server

Small-Talk

This is an instant messager with live games. You are able to add, delete, and chat with connections as well as play live games.

Link to deployed site: https://small-talk-8943a9c264fc.herokuapp.com/

It is built with React for the front end and an express server in the back end. The app's server and client side need to be running synchronously. The repositories are as follows.

Small-Talk-client: https://github.com/wilni/small-talk-client

Small-Talk-server: https://github.com/wilni/small-talk-server

App Screenshots

Tech Stack

Front End

• React
• Sass
• Js
• Axios

Back End

• Node Js
• Express
• MySQL
• Knex js
• Axios

OAuth

• Auth0

deployment

• Heroku

Install and Run

This app is built with React for the front end and an express server in the back end. Both the server and client side of the app need to be running synchronously. The repos are as follows.

Small-Talk-client: https://github.com/wilni/small-talk-client

Small-Talk-server: https://github.com/wilni/small-talk-server

For the client side:

• clone the repository
• run npm install
• run npm start

For the server side:

• install MySQL
• clone the repository
• Configure knexfile.js file with SQL server info
• run npm install
• run node index.js

dependencies

//client 
"axios": "^0.27.2",
"react": "^18.2.0",
"react-dom": "^18.2.0",
"react-dotenv": "^0.1.3",
"react-router-dom": "5.3",
"react-scripts": "5.0.1",
"react-toastify": "^9.0.7",
"sass": "^1.54.0",
"socket.io-client": "^4.5.1",
"uniqid": "^5.4.0",

//server
"cors": "^2.8.5",
"dotenv": "^16.0.1",
"express": "^4.18.1",
"knex": "^2.2.0",
"mysql": "^2.18.1",
"socket.io": "^4.5.1",
"uniqid": "^5.4.0"

Lessons Learned

From this project, I became familiar with many new technologies and aspects of web development. I implemented only functional components and websockets which were both new to me. This was also the first application where I deployed a front-end and a back-end server. I had to navigate a few things to set up my production database and environment.

next steps

• add more games (Simon, hangman)
• Implement end to end encryption
• Create a react native version to deploy the app on iOS, Android as well as the web.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2022 Wilniyobri Tavarez

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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