Note: This project has been deployed here, and the frontend and backend code for the deployed version has been split into the linked repos.
Desktop chat application featuring real-time message delivery and search and filtering tools that optimize accessibility to chats, message history, and friends.
Chatster is desktop instant messaging app with messages are delivered in real-time and multiple tools for the user to access chats, friends, message history.
- Ruby on Rails 5
- PostgreSQL
- Action Cable
- React
- React Router
- Redux Thunk middleware
- NPM Action Cable Package
- Custom JWT authentication system that integrates with JWT auth on the Rails API side.
After cloning this repo, first run the Rails server:
cd chatster-app-api
bundle install
- Database installation:
rake db:create
rake db:migrate
rake db:seed
- Run Rails server:
rails s
Once the Rails server is running, launch the frontend components on http://localhost:3001:
cd ..
cd chatster-app-frontend
npm install && npm start
Note: when prompted, reply y when asked:
Something is already running on port 3000
Would you like to run the app on another port instead? (Y/n)
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2018 Siobhan Mahoney
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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