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Changelog

Added

  • Implement server-side validation and sanitization of data using Zod
  • Add contact list feature
  • Add usernames
  • Create settings pages
  • Create dedicated auth routes
  • Add custom styling via props for improved chat UX
  • Improve UX with loading fallbacks
  • Build out error handling with more error states and feedback from interactions
  • Allow users to create new named conversations with users they are already chatting to
  • Create script to add multiple users with contacts and media-rich conversations to the database
  • Add a demo account login function to test the app quickly

Changed

  • Replace noSQL database with relational database
  • Replace packages with custom solutions (react-hook-form, axios, react-loading-skeleton, react-spinners)
  • Redesign messaging interface
  • Update all libraries to latest stable release
  • Replace deprecated next.config option "domains" with "remotePatterns" configuration
  • Remove React.FC from codebase

Removed

  • Unnecessary packages (superjson, next-superjson-plugin)
  • Redundant markup elements and CSS classes

Fixed

  • Settings not accessible on small screens
  • API routes missing from auth middleware
  • Conversation not sorting correctly when updated
  • Overuse of otherUser and useConversation hooks causing components to be rendered on the client unnecessarily
  • Conversation members not redirected when conversation is deleted
  • User not re-directed when creating a new group chat
  • Existing chat returned when a new group chat is created with a user from a previous chat
  • Profile drawer closes on first click of modal
  • Users able to post messages to conversations they are not part of
  • Conversations accessible by unauthorized users
  • Numerous other small bugs related to UI behaviour and data-ordering
  • Numerous other cases of over-fetching, extraneous data transmission and poor data security and privacy

Performance

  • Optimize API routes and server actions to enhace security and performance
  • Reduce data payloads sent to the client to improve data privacy and performance
  • Minimize database round trips by utilizing session data and improving query language
  • Minimize data-fetching by lifting state and utilizing context where appropriate
  • Reduce the number of re-renders by limiting the use of hooks and improving state management
  • Reduce the number of client rendered components
  • Transition to more complex layouts to allow more server-side rendering and to enable more specific loading states to only affect dynamic sections or individual components

Security

  • Protect all pages and routes except for /login and /register
  • Minimize user data sent to the client
  • Replace public email address with username
  • Validate and sanitize data sent from client
  • Tighten user permissions and controls on data access

Accessibility

  • Replace markup with more semantic html
  • Replace clickable divs with button or link elements
  • Add text for screen readers to describe icon-only buttons
  • Replace single auth route with login and register routes to support external links
  • Add image placeholders