Dating Web App

🧐 I. Overview

This is a dating website app project built using Ruby on Rails, React.js, & Azure Database for PostgreSQL. The app mimics how tinder works with a few modifications.

⛓️ II. Features

✅ Create an account

✅ Sign-in

✅ Edit account profile/details

✅ Edit sign-in credentials

✅ Match users

✅ View user profiles

✅ Message/chat with users in real-time

💻 III. Tech Stack

• Front-end: JavaScript React

• Back-end: Ruby Ruby on Rails Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  
  

🛠️ IV. Use this repository

1. Make sure that you have the following requirements:

• Ruby (v3.2.2) - the programming language used for the back-end of the app.
• Ruby on Rails (v7.0.4.3) - the web framework used for the back-end of the app.
• Bundler - manages Ruby gem dependencies within the app.
• Node.js (v20.11.0) - utilized for managing front-end dependencies (JavaScript, React) & running build tools such as the Webpacker.
• PostgreSQL (14) - the database used by the app.
• Azure Subscription - required for provisioning cloud resources, particularly Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
• Ubuntu WSL - for running Linux commands.
• Azure Data Studio (Optional) - for convenient database management.

2. Clone this repository.

Run this command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/m3mentomor1/Dating_Web-App.git

(Optional: You can also Fork this repository before cloning.)

3. Go to the repository's main directory.

Run this command in your terminal:

cd Dating_Web-App

4. Install back-end dependencies.

Run this command in your terminal:

bundle install

5. On the Azure portal, create a resource & an instance for Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

Note: Make sure that you have an active Azure subscription.

(Refer to this link for more instructions.)

6. Go to "config/database.yml" & configure the database connection:

default: &default
    adapter: postgresql
    database: <name_of_database_on_azure>
    host: <name_of_server_on_azure>.postgres.database.azure.com
    port: 5432
    username: <your_username>
    password: <your_password>

(Refer to this link for more instructions.)

7. For convenience, you can also use Azure Data Studio to manage the database. (Optional)

(Refer to this link to download & install Azure Data Studio.)

8. Run database migrations.

Run this command in your terminal:

rails db:migrate

9. Install client-side dependencies for React.

Run this command in your terminal:

npm install --prefix client

10. Start rails server.

Run this command in your terminal:

rails server

11. Start development server for React, to run the app.

Run this command in your terminal:

npm start --prefix client

📄 V. License

👉 Project License