nitikagupta16 / connect-in

Connect-IN

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Overview

Connect-IN is a multi functional web application where multiple users can connect with each other via chat as well as video call. A user can add friends to his/her contact list and then can chat and even have a meet with his/her friends. Also, users can chat with each other before the meeting, during the meeting as well after the meeting.Connect-IN name has been chosen in a way that will represent INDIA. Connect-IN can be pronounced as Connect INDIA.

TechStack

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Javascript, JQuery, Ajax
• Backend: Node.js, express.js, Socket.IO, WebRTC, Express cookie-parser middleware, express-jwt middleware, bcryptjs for password security, jwt-decode for decoding JWTs tokens
• Database: MongoDB
• Hosting Platform: Heroku app

Some UNIQUE features of my project are:

• Adopt feature is fully implemented.
• JSON Web Tokens (JWT) are used for authentication during Sign in. These tokens ensure that the information from one user is transmitted securely to the other user.
• bcryptjs for password security.
• Typing Indicator… which will let the user know if some other user in the meeting is typing any message in the chat box.
• Thumbnails over the shared link i.e. rich links.
• Any number of participants can connect with each other over a video as well as chat conversation.
• Number of unread chat messages are displayed.

Agile development methodology used:

• Divided the work into 4 sprints
• During the first sprint, I achieved minimum required functionality i.e. video calling between 2 people.
• During the second sprint, I added the login register page, added some more features and worked on UI.
• During the third sprint, I extended my app to 'n' users such that they can easily connect and have a video call.
• During the fourth sprint, I added the adopt feature.

Steps to run it on local system:

• Make sure you had installed node.js, npm and mongoDB on your system

- git clone https://github.com/NitikaGupta16/Connect-IN
- cd Connect-IN
- npm i puppeteer (for richlinks)
- npm start