Implementing Notification Functionality [Notification Trigger Mechanisms & Services]

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Objective: Implement backend logic to generate notifications based on specific user actions, ensuring timely and relevant notifications.

Detailed Steps:

1. Event Detection:

   • Implement event listeners or hooks within the platform's backend to detect specific actions by investors, such as following a startup or sending a message, that should trigger a notification.

2. Notification Creation Service:

   • Develop a service responsible for creating notification records in the database. This service should generate appropriate content based on the event type and involved entities (e.g., investor and startup names or identifiers).

3. Asynchronous Processing:

   • Utilize asynchronous task queues (e.g., Celery with Redis or RabbitMQ) for notification creation and processing to avoid blocking main application threads and ensure scalable handling of notification triggers.

4. Testing Notification Triggers:

   • Write unit and integration tests for event detection and notification creation logic to ensure accuracy and reliability. Test cases should cover various scenarios and edge cases to validate the correct functioning of triggers.