CopyBook

A messageboard type social website

The expected target environment is linux.

Backend

Fully coded in golang utilizing the following technologies:

• https://github.com/gofiber/fiber
• https://gorm.io/

The backend consists of multiple modules:

• db.go: database modules setup with gorm
• auth.go: authorization module with jwt tokens setup
• server.go: main buisness logic functionality

running the backend without docker requires:

go mody tidy
go build
./social-network

Frontend

Typescript + nextjs + tailwindcss

all of the required packages are in package.json file

the frontend uses nextjs for server side rendering.

there are multiple pages each responsible for its own functionality:

• index.tsx: mounted on / is the homepage for the messageboard.
• login.tsx: mounted on /login the login page
• logout.tsx: mounted on /logout for logging out and removing the jwt token.
• profile.tsx: mounted on /profile is for the user profile info.
• signup.tsx: mounted on /signup is for registering new users.

running the frontend manually can be done through

npm i
npm run dev

Devops

Fully dockerized and ready for deployment on any environment

backend setup consists of 2 containers one that builds the golang binary for and another that runs the server

the database for the backend is running a postgresql server with persistent storage enabled

frontend setup has 3 containers: deps: pulls the dependecies required for compiling the typescript files. builder: compiles the typescript files. runner: runs the nextjs server.

all of the previous services are running on internalnet virtual network and then afterwards its served with a nginx reverse proxy for traffic management and redundancy purposes

afterwards the application should be up and running http://localhost

the app can be turned off and on and removed through the following scripts:

start-app.sh
stop-app.sh
remove-app.sh

TODO

• better db management
• more documentation
• user personalization
• more ui changes