In this peer assessment of Meteor course on Coursera, we worked on an instant messaging app called minstant!
You should download and run the starter application, then test it out by logging in as different users in two different web browsers at the same time, seeing if the users if the users can talk to each other. It creates a set of test user accounts automatically, so you can log in as user1@test.com ... user8@test.com with the password test123.
Adapt the templates and helper functions so that the messaging window displays users’ avatars next to their messages. Feel free to add other enhancements!
Remove the insecure package from the application and implement a Meteor method to allow the insertion of chat items in the Chats collection. Test that you cannot insert items directly any more.
Remove the autopublish package from the application and implement publish and subscribe for Chats. Users should only be able to retrieve chats that have their user id in either the user1Id field or the user2Id field. Test by logging in as different users and checking what you can see
Can you implement emoticon functionality which allows the user to insert graphical emoticons into their message? Emoticons are small icons such as smiley faces which are typical of this kind of application.
- Make sure you already have Meteor intalled
- Into project folder run:
meteor - Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000 to see the app running.