README

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Make sure you try the features by clicking 'try demo' on the top right corner.

WeSlack is a solo demo project that clones Slack. It is a communication webapp where users can send live messages in channels and directly to each other. It was built utilizing a Ruby on Rails backend with a React/Redux fronted.

This project was created within approximately 10 days as a demo project, and this is my first solo project. There are many parts that can be improved, but hey, it is how things start.

Features

User Authentication

• BCrypt encrypted user authentication from frontend to backend
• Users can sign up, and log in. When they log in, their information is still there.
• After users login, they can refresh page without being logged out.
• Can log out through right top corner.
• Before logging in, users will be redirected to the login page.

Channels

• On users' side bar
  • Only the channles that a user has joined will show up on the user's page
  • Users can click to go to different channels
• About channels' authentication
  • Users can't send messages in the channel they haven't joined
  • Users can leave a channel
  • Users can create a channel
  • create channel button is disabled when the channel name is empty
  • can choose to create a public or private channel
  • can put description in the creation channel form
  • can exit the create channel form
  • the form disapears after creating the channel successfully
  • Users can see all the channels through searching, and request to join
  • if a user requests to join a public channel, the requst will be permitted immediately.
  • if a user requests to join a private channel, it shows that the request has been sent
• About channels' info and member list
  • Users can see the member number and mumber list in the channel
  • Users can click on the member list and send direct message to the member
  • Users can see the name and the channel description

Channel Member Control

• The admin of the private channels can approve/deny other users joining requests

Direct Messages

• Users can send messages to other users

Live Messaging

• Live messaging is implemented by using Action Cable
• Works in both channels and direct messages
• Can send with enter and add a line with enter + ctrl
• Send is disabled when the input area is empty

Search

• Can search all channels, including the ones that the user has not joined
• Can search all users
• Auto matches search text (the search function is implemented through a very naive approach that will only work for demo purpose/very small amount of data)
• Users can click on the search result and be redirected to the message page to the corresponding channel/user.

The icon is from https://icons8.com/icon/46825/slack, thanks to the creator!

local start: pgstart(customized alias to start postgresql) rails s npm run webpack