Discord Clone

A real-time chat application that mimics Discord.

Features

• Show who is typing.
• Show who is online.
• Allow users to edit/delete their own messages.

Technologies

• JavaScript
• React
• Redux
• Styled components
• Node.js
• Express.js
• Socket.io
• PostgreSQL

Installation

• Clone the repo.
• Run npm install to install dependencies for the server.
• Run cd client and then npm install to install dependencies for the client.

Local Development

• Create a .env file in server, following the format of the .evn.example file. Fill in the details.
• Run npm run client to start the client.
• Run npm run server to start the server.
• Run npm run dev to start the client and the server concurrently.

Deploy to Heroku

Install Heroku CLI.

Login to your Heroku account.

heroku login

Create a new Heroku app.

heroku create YOUR_APP_NAME

Setup Heroku Postgres Database. This should return a DATABASE_URL.

heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev --app YOUR_APP_NAME

Log into the Heroku Postgre database.

heroku pg:psql DATABASE_URL --app YOUR_APP_NAME

Copy and paste the content in server/src/db/schemas.sql to create the tables.

Copy and paste the content in server/src/db/sample_data.sql to create the channels.

Use \q to quit the database.