Server side - Natsuki

This is the server-side for a web app called Natsuki. The app is most like a small social network but for creating events and gatherings for different communities.

The application is deployed and live at : https://natsuki.herokuapp.com/

How to run locally

Run

1. Navigate into the folder (in command line/terminal)
2. Run npm install to install all required dependencies
3. Run npm run start-dev to start the development build scripts
4. Run npm run test to run test cases and see the results
5. Run npm run start to start the server.
6. The server is now running at : http://localhost:3000

Techs used

• NodeJS/Express with Passport patterns and JWT for authentication
• MongoDB for the database and Mongoose for database connection
• Mochai and Chai for unit testing

Features

• Authentication (sign in and sign up) , and authentication requirement for routing
• Routing to some certain routes
• Creating events and perform actions to it (join or save or host an event)
• Generalization of situation when the database is updated, so new token can be sent back to update real-time in browser
• User's info for personal page is ready (dashboard/timeline)
• Searching for events is supported. Return events with name that includes the query keyword

Features to implement

• Routes for daily feeds haven't been implemented yet
• Connection between users (messaging/adding friends) haven't been implemented yet
• No push notification at the moment