My Messenger

My Messenger is simple blogging app written using the Spring framework. It has been implemented using a RESTful architure.

Main features of the app:

• User may create an account by entering a username and password.
• Usernames are checked and must be unique.
• Passwords are stored using hashing and salting methods by bCrypt.
• Users can create blog posts, which are rendered to their profile page.
• Users can discover other users by using the 'Directory' page.
• Users can read other users' posts by viewing their profile pages.
• Users can follow other users by clicking the 'Follow' button on another user's profile.
• When a user is being followed, their blog posts will be listed on the logged in user's 'Feed' page.
• The logged in user can 'Unfollow' other users by clicking the button their profile.

Routes

Description	Route	http Method
Homepage	/	GET
New User Registration	/signup	POST
Login	/login	GET
User Profile	/my-profile	GET
User Feed	my-profile/feed	GET
Add Blogpost	/blogpost	POST
User Index	/users/all	GET
View Other User	/users/{id}	GET
Add Following User	/users/{id}/follow	POST
Remove Following User	/users/{id}/unfollow	POST

Dependencies

• Spring Web
• Spring Data JPA
• Spring Boot Dev Tools
• Spring Security
• Thymeleaf
• PostgreSQL Driver

Upcoming Features

• CSS Styles
• Profile pictures for users
• Ability for users to write a bio
• Ability for users to enter their birthday
• Ability for users to create various blog post pages by topic, instead of posting to profile page

How to Use

1. Clone repo from github.
2. Open application.properties
3. Set environmental variables in application properties as required for your machine
4. Run using CLI command: gradlew bootRun
5. Open your web browser, go to address: localhost:8080

References

• Meyer Web CSS Reset
• Hover Dropdown Menu on Feed Page