pern-stack-messenger

A messaging application built using React, Express, SocketIO, PostgreSQL and Redis

Project Structure

• client - React.js Frontend
• server - Node.js Backend
• common - code shared between client and server

How it works

• Front-End: React.js
• Back-End: Node.js / Express.js / Socket.io
• Authenticaion: JWT
• Database: PostgreSQL and Redis

Running the Project

• Clone the repository
• CD into the repository and run yarn
• Have a Redis instance listening on localhost:6379 OR define an env variable named REDIS_URL
• Have a PostreSQL db running and provide either DATABASE_URL as an environment variable, or provide the following:
  DATABASE_NAME
DATABASE_HOST
DATABASE_USER
DATABASE_PASSWORD
DATABASE_PORT
COOKIE_SECRET
• Initialize the database with the queries found in packages/server/database.sql
• Note: all environment variables must be defined in a file named .env
• Run yarn dev:server and yarn dev:client