react-messenger

Simple messaging app built on a Next.js frontend with an Express backend and a SQLite database, using Github authentication services (OAuth Apps)

This project was a great introduction to the world of third-party auth providers, as well as a huge help to familiarize myself with a simple potential login/logout user flow in a React application. Learned a lot of do's and dont's when it comes to access tokens. HttpOnly cookies for the win!

Tech Stack:

• Typescript
• Express.js
• Next.js (React)
• Tailwind CSS
• SQLite

(new TENTS stack?)

Lessons learned:

• Should have used React Query 😅

Installing

1. Run install.bat

or

1. Run npm run install-link in shared/
2. Run npm run install-link in frontend/ and backend/

Running / Development

There must exist an .env file in backend/ with the following properties:

• CLIENT_ID - Github OAuth app client ID (see Resources)
• CLIENT_SECRET - Github OAuth app client secret (see Resources)

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1. Run dev.bat /ob

or

1. Run npm run dev in backend/, frontend/ and shared/
2. Open up http://localhost:3000

Resources

• Github - OAuth Apps
• Github User API