- TLDR: Build a chat app with real APIs
There's a few things you need to get this to work. First and foremost, the github link to the private repo for Dash Chat is here.
Make sure you have node installed, with a version greater than 7.0.0.
Once you have a good node installed, run npm install in this repo to get your dependencies.
By default, you can run npm start to run Dash Chat, serving the files from /public.
I used the same api server you provided. Just run npm run api-server to start it. Read the spec for more details on the api.
I did my best to follow the specs found in the ./spec directory. Checkout the design specs here to understand what I was required to build.
I did my best to run through a quick design rev, and build out an automated design system using Sketch and Craft. I created a Github repo (using Kactus) to version control the design here. Prototypes and assets can be accessed and shared, as well here. I've included my Sketch Library (in case you want to import it into Sketch using Craft) in the zipped version of the project I emailed back to recruiting. I didn't quite have enough time to submodule an LFS-powered repo of exported assets for easy use inside the Dash Chat project, but am happy to talk more about this process if you're interested.
I had some fun plans for using images and svg animations (wanted to animate the background), but didn't quite have time to get to them. There's definitely some optimizations that could be made, too. Would love to tell you about them.