https://github.com/serknight/guild-messenger

chat.it.up.
https://github.com/serknight/guild-messenger

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chat.it.up.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/serknight/guild-messenger
• Owner: SerKnight
• Created: 2018-03-21T02:33:50.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-14T00:43:21.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-08T06:42:02.873Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Size: 1.13 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 15
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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Guild Messenger

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> [Guild Messenger Demo](https://guild-messenger.herokuapp.com/)

Tech Project Focus

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**It's possible to type a short message and have it sent to another user**

  * Went with a mimick of the guild's visible organizational structure.. Users, Classrooms, Memberships, Messages

**It's possible to see messages sent from another user appear reasonably soon after they were sent**

	* Decided to finally explore ActionCable / Websocket as this seemed a perfect fit & chance for me to learn something

**Tests**

  * Focused on Model & Feature specs (selenium + chromedriver) to test memberships, classroom management, and conversations w/ messages

  * If I continued with breaking out the cables/channels would spec out & learn how each cable sends and receives data

**Usability**

  * Pulled colors / branding / font patterns from existing Guild site to mimick a live chat

  * Deployed so Guild Team can play with. Emails / Assets / Websockets configuration needed

  * Mocked some data & setup a seed for production to mock a more realistic working application

 **Extra**

 	* Basic analytics & some production email functionality for inviting someone else to a Classroom's chat

 	* As a developer it is always nice to actually know when ( & how ) someone is using the tools you build

# TODO

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> Extend Actioncable / Websockets 

	* To show a live view of members actively connected to a classroom

	* Create more dynamic sender / receiver chatroom bubbles in the UI (this was hard.. logic is serialized into the html when a message is created.. Pretty sure I'd need multiple/different sender/receiver cable subscriptions to dynamically display incoming messages )

	* Much more to explore about websockets & their use cases in production.. Very cool!

> Setup background Processing for emails ( & add notifications ) / and perhaps BG processing of messages to be sent via ActionCable for scale? Need more ActionCable research

> Extend the account page to include profile picture (gathered from fb||google||linked oAuth), categories of interest, management of memberships of classrooms

> Add more elaboration on classroom memberships & permissions for owners / moderators, other than jsut deleting a channel

> Connect to an internal Guild API and split off chatrooms for users in the same class as one another ( Find a Study Buddy, etc.. )

> Would enable multi-line ( text area ) sending, as well as files & other rich content, Emoji support is an obvious next step.