README.md

Objective

This is a project for learning, so I designed a webchat that uses WebSockets for real time messages.

Stack

For the frontend, I'm using:

• React
• Vite
• Tailwind with DaisyUI

For the backend:

• Ktor
• PostgreSQL
• Planning to use Cassandra for storing messages

To-dos:

• Add tests
• Change Cookie session storage from In memory to a database
• Add button for creating a room
• Alter chat session table to use session id as primary key
• Fix logout endpoint
• Fix refreshing page losing cookie user_session
• Cache fetch rooms
• Store messages in Cassandra
  • Setup replication between nodes
  • Add node in a different machine
• Support user preferences
• Change password
• Update password
• Add Observability