giagnus64 / chitter-chatter-api

A messaging app that plays sounds and animations with every message.

Chitter-Chatter

A messaging app that plays sounds and animations with every message.

Features

Users are able to send and recieve messages with other users. When a user types a letter on the site, a sound and animation will play. Users can replay the sounds and animations that play when other users send them messages. Users are also able to edit their information.

Demo

Live(Login:test)| Video

Built with

Back-end

• Ruby on Rails - Server Framework
• PostgreSQL - Database

Front-end

• Vanilla HTML, Custom CSS for styling
• webpack - Script and Asset bundler
• Paper.js - Vector Graphics Scripting Library
• howler.js - JavaScript Audio Library

Installation

Requirements

• Node.js
• Installing Ruby
• PostgreSQL

In your clone/fork of this repo:

bundle install
rails db:create #creates database
rails db:migrate #creates tables in db
rails db:seed #creates seed data
rails s #to run the server

The instructions for the front-end of this app are here. You'll need to clone/fork both repos and change your fetch URLS to local if you want to change the API. Otherwise, the app will make calls to the API hosted on heroku.

License

MIT