Project: Slacker-Chat

Project Overview: A slack clone. Ability to

• Post messages in public channels
• Add public channels to all available public channels
• Subscribe to public channels
• Send direct messages to individual users
• View saved profiles from various members

Team Members:

• Canh Trinh
• Julia Randall
• Katie Barnes

What's in these files?

• Client - frontend written in React Redux. Structure of the files as follows:
  • Dist - bundled file created from the webpack file in the root directory
  • Src - aggregation of all components for the site.
  • Actions / Reducers - core functionality for the frontend site
  • Styles - CSS files with the app's styling
• Server
  • config
    • middleware
    • routers-DB - routes for post and retrieval of users, messages, channels, and direct message rooms
  • socket
    • module that has live chat functionality
  • db
    • cloud-based mySQL database.
    • db.js establishes connection to database and schemas
  • models
    • User Models
    • Message Models
    • Direct Message Models
    • Channel Models
    • Direct Message Room Models
    • ChannelUsers Model (for users who subscribe to rooms)
  • server
    • server.js is where instance of server app is created
• Test
  • can run tests through node by running 'mocha' in the terminal in your root directory

Installing dependencies and Getting Started

run “npm install” - all node dependencies are listed in package.json In a separate tab in the terminal, run “npm start” to start the server In a separate tab in the terminal, run "webpack -w" to get the bundle file in the dist directory started