ZC Messaging

This plugin handles messaging for both DM and Channels

Project Structure

This project is a monolith application. You will find two folders namely:

1. backend
2. frontend

Depending on your track, you are to work in the folder that concerns you.

Setup

Backend

• Fork this repository to have a copy of it in your own github account

• Clone the forked repo to your PC, this gives you access to the repo locally

• Install Python from https://www.python.org/downloads/ if you haven't

• cd into the project folder

• cd into the backend folder

• Ensure a virtual environment has been created and activated by either using

  • For pipenv

    pipenv shell #creates and activates a virtual environment

  • For venv

    python -m venv venv # to create a virtualenv
    source venv/bin/activate # activate for linux
    venv\Scripts\activate # activate for windows

• Run the startup.sh script to install dependencies and start up server by typing out this command on your terminal(Linux, Mac) or Git bash (Windows)

  sh startup.sh venv # starts script to use virtualenv
  sh startup.sh pipenv # starts script to use pipenv

• Server can also be manually started by using the following command

  uvicorn main:app --reload

Frontend

• Fork this repository to have a copy of it in your own github account
• Clone the forked repo to your PC, this gives you access to the repo locally
• Install Node from https://nodejs.org/ if you haven't
• cd into the project folder
• cd into the frontend folder
• yarn install
• yarn setup to setup app
• yarn setup:root to setup SPA
• yarn setup:messaging to setup React App
• yarn dev to run apps simultaneously
• yarn dev:root to run SPA
• yarn dev:messaging to run React App
• yarn build to build apps simultaneously
• yarn build:root to build SPA
• yarn build:messaging ro build React App
• yarn lint to lint App
• yarn prettify to run prettier

Technologies Used

1. Backend: FastApi
2. Frontend: React