discord_clone

Our React front-end uses an Express-JS backend to handle requests for user registration and login. For our database we are using a NO-SQL mongoDB.

🔧 Build

If you do not have NodeJS installed:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install nodejs npm
# use npm to install latest node
sudo npm install -g n && sudo n stable

# replace old nodejs for new nodejs
$oldNode = $(which nodejs)
sudo rm -rf $oldNode
sudo ln -s $(which node) $oldNode

You will need to install NodeJS dependencies to run the server.js, chat.js, and the React front-end:

cd discord_clone
# install dependencies from packages.json
npm install .

If you do not have Docker installed:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install docker.io

If you do not have a mongodb Docker installed:

# create custom mongo docker image from Dockerfile
sudo docker build -t mongo_hic .

# run the docker
sudo docker run --name mongodb -d -p 27017:27017 mongo_hic
# if the docker is down
sudo docker start mongodb

# to interact with the docker directly
sudo docker exec -it mongodb /bin/bash

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:laptop: How to Run

Once you've installed all dependencies:

# start the expressJS backend
nodejs ./src/backend/server.js

# start the Socket.IO backend
nodejs ./src/backend/chat.js

# start the react app
npm start

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🧹 Clean-Up

# Stops the docker container
sudo docker stop mongodb

# Removes the docker container
sudo docker rm mongodb

# Removes the docker image
sudo docker rmi mongo_hic