Introduction

CHATTER[BOX] hopes to join the likes of Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and other similar instant messaging apps! CHATTER[BOX] specifically looks to target smaller niche audiences that may need to use an instant messaging program separate from their private personal social media. Think Messenger but for a workplace and its employees or WhatsApp but with a friendlier and customizable User Interface (UI).

Using our app allows you to maintain that same level of communication but without having to use private preexisting profiles. Start anew and begin messaging friends, peers, coworkers, superiors, etc., without concern of surrendering your own personal life to do so, all in the spirit of maintaining professionalism!

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Technologies Used

• MongoDB
• Express
• React
• Node.js
• Mongoose
• Socket.io
• Amazon Web Services
• Material UI
• CSS
• JSX/HTML

Next Steps:

Going forward, some early stage icebox additions we have planned include:

1. Allowing users to only be able to see accepted 'friends' as users in their user list!
2. A search function to be able to find specific messages that were sent at a previous time.
3. A function that allows both users to see when either user is typing.

Some later changes we would love for CHATTER[BOX] to have include:

1. Being able to change UI settings (chat colours, text colours, night mode, and accessbility settings for the visually impaired) for heightened user experience.
2. Allowing for the cropping of profile photos as a pleasant addition in making a personalized and individualized profile.
3. Allowing for users to create group chats with other users. Upon creation, a brand new and empty chat should render with a list of all the added individuals and a combination of their profile pictures as the group chat picture. User that are later added should prompt a message for all previously included users to see (ie. "Kendra Yoshizawa has been added to the group chat."). The newly added user should also not be able to see messages that were sent prior to their arrival for user privacy.

Getting Started

• Link to Heroku
• Link to Notion Board
• Link to ERD
• Link to Wireframes

Team Members

1. Ralph Tungol
2. Kendra Yoshizawa
3. Farnaz Towhidi
4. Tyler Ro