Para-Social

Para-Social is a community focused, social media app centered around providing ways for creators to interact with their audience and build their brand.

Technologies Used

Click here to learn more about the WebSocket package I used:

https://www.npmjs.com/package/ws

Index

• Features
• Database Schema
• Installing Locally

Features:

• Create or join a community
• Create rooms for users to interact together in
• Send messages and images within those rooms

Database Schema

Installing Locally

1. Clone this repository: https://github.com/dylan-mcdougall/Para-Social.git
2. Install dependencies using this command in the root directory: npm install
3. Create 2 .env files in the root and the backend directories following the respective .env.example provided.
4. Create the database using the following commands in the backend directory: npx dotenv sequelize db:migrate npx dotenv sequelize db:seed:all
5. Start the backend server by using this command in the backend directory: npm start
6. Start the frontend server by using this command in the frontend directory: npm start
7. Enjoy!