/FlackApp

This is an anonymous chat application.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Flack

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About Project:

This is an anonymous chat application in which you can create new rooms and can join existing rooms and can chat with other people in room.

Uniqueness About This Project

  • Flack does not store user's communications via chatrooms in Flack's database server and once a message's delivered it'll be disposed of, however, it remains in the owner's session untill the owner as user is logged out.
  • It let users choose a nickname due to sake of users' identities.
  • Passwords are encrypted
  • Nicknames represents users behind their identities.

Technology Stack Used In This Project

  • Python
  • Flask
  • JavaScript
  • Socket Programming
  • BootStrap
  • JQuery
  • HTML/CSS

Flack Live

Run This Project on Your Local Machine

  1. Clone the repository to your local desktop
    git clone paste_link_you_copied
    
  2. Change the directory
    cd FlackApp
    
  3. Install requirements.txt
    pip install -r requirements.txt 
    
  4. Set environment variables in your shell
    export FLASK_APP=application.py
    export DATABASE_URL="put your local sqlite db url here after creating db from models"
    
  5. Run application
    flask run
    

How to Contribute

  1. Make a Fork.
  2. Clone the repository to your local desktop.
    git clone paste_link_you_copied
    
  3. Create a new branch (It's necessary).
    git checkout -b branchName
    
  4. Make changes and Add to Staging here.
    git add .
    
  5. Commit changes.
    git commit -m "Message you want to write"
    
    • Always write the message short and easy to understand (ideally 3 to 5 words).
  6. Push the changes so that Pull request will be generated.
    git push -u origin branchName
    
  7. Make PR.
  8. Commits should be descriptive.
  9. Try to minimize conflicts.
  10. Follow these steps only after you have Git installed in your system.

Where to Contribute

  1. UX/UI
    • You can improve the existing User Interface or can introduce a new layout for Flack.
  2. Code reformat
    • You can introduce more concise and readable code
  3. Improvements in Backend
    • You can find any bug or error and can fix it
  4. Readme file
    • If you think that something is missing from the readme file. You can introduce new sections for the readme file or can improve the existing one.

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