IdeaSpace

IdeaSpace is a free application that is targeted towards secondary school students who want to share their academic findings, experiences, and fun facts with a group of people with a similar interest.

Running Ideaspace

Downloading the source code

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/tRieMeRalD/IdeaSpace.git
cd IdeaSpace

View the front-end source code:

To view the source code for the front-end, click here.

To run ReactJS build:

cd client
npm run build
npm start

To run the application locally (ReactJS and Java):

./gradlew bootRun

Node dependencies required to run the project:

npm install --save axios jwt-decode react-redux react-router-dom redux redux-thunk

Other requirements:

• Java 1.8
• Spring Boot 2.1.5
• Spring Security
• Spring Web

To install Spring Boot and its dependencies, use this link.

Instructions - Step-by-Step Guide:

1. Login or create an account if you do not have one

2. Create your profile

3. Make your first post

4. View other's posts

Have discussions by commenting on each other's posts.

5. Share your profile to expand your network

Update threads

June 1, 2019 Update

• Patch 5: Show success message after editing a post

• Patch 6: Show success message after editing a profile

• Patch 7: Show success message after creating a post

May 31, 2019 Update

• Patch 4: After creating your posts, it will redirect to your recently made post

May 30, 2019 Update

• Patch 1: Hashtag filter only requires a one button click instead of 2

• Patch 2: Deleting and liking comments should refresh to the same post

• Patch 3: For new users, "No profile" should only be shown once.

May 28, 2019 Update

• Documentation images updated

May 25, 2019 Update

• Code cleaning

• Comments added

May 24, 2019 Update

• Error handling complete

• Error handling added for Edit.js, EditProfile.js, Dashboard.js, Create.js

May 23, 2019 Update

• Error handling being implemented

• Error handling added for Login.js and Signup.js

May 22, 2019 Update

• Redirecting dashboard to edit profile if user already has a profile

May 21, 2019 Update

• Comments added for unclear functions in the code

• Documentation added with a step-by-step guideline

May 20, 2019 Update

• Sorting function api function created

May 19, 2019 Update

• Sorting function api in progress

May 18, 2019 Update

• Color change when you click on a hashtag

• Hashtags now show up on the main post page

• Hashtags show up for individual posts

May 17, 2019 Update

• Sort by hashtag function

May 16, 2019 Update

• Login/Signup UI updated

• Delete comment function working

• Developing the like function

May 14, 2019 Update

• /profile/:id route created and functioning

• Post body line breaks are preserved

• Adding more text customization using CKEditor (work in progress)

May 13, 2019 Update

• Specific profile routes are being made /profile/:id

• Specific Post UI layout changed

• Comment section UI layout minor edits

May 11, 2019 Update

• Completed edit profile function

• Social media icons and function added

• Profile UI changed and made scalable

May 10, 2019 Update

• Edit profile function

• Adding social media options

May 9, 2019 Update

• Account IDs created

• Account ID linked to posts

• Account ID linked to comments

• Account permissions changed (i.e. editing is only for owner, deleting comments only for owner of the comment)

• Logout page created and created logout redirect function

May 8, 2019 Update

• Account IDs generated

• Linking account IDs to profile, comments, posts

May 7, 2019 Update

• Unique account IDs being created

May 6, 2019 Update

• Dashboard profile setup feature has been added

• View profile feature has been added

• View other's profile is in works

• View posts on that profile feature has been added

May 5, 2019 Update

• Login / Signup system added

• Some of the routes are protected

• Navbar changes based on authentication / guest mode

May 1, 2019 Update

• Image URL option has been added

• More UI/UX changes

• Comment section: FIXED --> comments for specific posts work

April 30, 2019 Update

• UI/UX Design has been changed

• Comment section: Still work in progress

April 28, 2019 Update

• Adding functionality to the comment thread

• Bug fix: Multiple comments can be added

• Working on like:dislike button functions

April 27, 2019 Update

• Redux added

• Comment feature added

• UI for like:dislike ratio added

• Common components added for scalability

April 22, 2019 Update

• CRUD features added

• MongoDB added

• ReactJS front-end added

April 21, 2019 Update

• Initial Commit

Licence

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 William Law

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.