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Architecture

Current System

teamboard-client-react

The client application is a fairly simple SPA (single-page-application).

The user interface is split into components, which are implemented with ReactJS. The application follows the Flux architecture, with ImmutableJS used for Stores.

As you can see, all the remote data will flow through as actions, similarly to what actual user would create when using the application.

teamboard-api

Express4 service with Mongoose for MongoDB abstraction.

• Provides API for authentication and resources. In the future, the API should for resources should probably be separate from the authentication, expect for checking tokens and stuff.
• Authentication uses bcrypt.
• Actions generate Events, which are emitted using socket.o-emitter.
• The API is initialized with the experimental cluster module for multicore support.

teamboard-io

Socket.IO service that is used to transmit the events from teamboard-api to teamboard-client.

• Uses redis as a MemoryStore to enable easy scaling and automatic handling of events originating from teamboard-api.
• Supports only board:join and board:leave as user emitted events.
• Emits 'board:event' for various Events.