Because cats are cute and the internet is basically for posting photos of them and then commenting on how cute they are.
This project is a simple messaging application that allows some (currently hard-coded) users to chat with each other. It use 7064 s postgres, Ruby on Rails, and React. To save time on styling, I used bootstrap.
- Log in as existing user from the
seeds.rbfile - View active conversation list
- Select an active conversation to view messages
- Add messages to an active conversation
There's a 1 second polling interval set up so you can see messages from the other user pop up fairly quickly.
Things I did not get to include:
- Better styling (and more cat photos). I'm a big fan of styled components in React and would have loved to have the time to use those.
- Redirect to conversations page when you hit the home page if you're already logged in
- Create new conversations with other users
- Displaying dates in a user's timezone
- Error handling. There's some support for this on the backend but the front end doesn't care about it.
This app uses ruby 2.6.3, so that must be installed locally for you to run this. It also runs on postgres, which you can install from postgresapp.com.
- Clone the app using
git clone https://github.com/ToniRib/cat_chats.gitfrom your terminal - Navigate into the application
- Run
yarn installto install the JavaScript dependencies - Run
bundle installto install the Ruby dependences - Run
bundle exec rails db:drop db:create db:migrate db:seedto blow away any database you might, set up a new one, and seed it with some fun cat-related data. - Run
bundle exec rails sto start up the rails server - Open the site in Chrome by visiting
localhost:3000. Sign in as one of the seeded users - Open an incognito window in Chrome and visit
localhost:3000. Sign in as a user who has an active conversation with your first signed in user. - Chat! Cat topics preferred.