RedditReact

A real-time web application where you can vote and add comments through socket.io

Instructions on how to run the project

1. git clone https://github.com/Dragomirc/RedditReact.git && cd RedditReact

2. npm i

3. Set up a local database as per below instructions:

• Connect to postgres, by typing psql in the terminal on MAC, and sudo -u postgres psql on ubuntu.
• Create the database by typing CREATE DATABASE [the name of the database];.
• Create a superuser with a password by typing CREATE USER [the new username] WITH SUPERUSER PASSWORD '[the password of the database]'; (the password needs to be in quotes, otherwise you get an error).
• Change ownership of the database to the new user by typing ALTER DATABASE [name of the database] OWNER TO [the new username];
• Add a config.env file in the root folder and add the database's url in this format: DATABASE_URL = postgres://[username]:[password]@localhost:5432/[database]. The database name needs to be in lower case.

4. Build the database by running node + correct path + /RedditReact/src/server/database/db_build.js
5. npm start

Tech stack

React,Redux,Express,Postgres and Socket.io