Functional Discord Clone using React, Socket IO, NodeJS, Express and MySQL

Originally started off on a test project for learning Functional Components, Hooks and Socket IO, ended up being a Discord Clone.

Live Version http://ericellb.github.io/React-Discord-Clone

API https://github.com/ericellb/React-Discord-API

Implemented Features

• Real time messaging using Socket IO
• Local Authentication
• Loads User Data upon login (Servers, Channels, Private Messages)
• Creation and Joining Servers
• Creation of Channels in a Server
• Server Settings (Change name and delete)
• Channel Settings (Change name and delete)
• Persistent channel history
• Pretty Print Code Blocks enclodes in three `
• Private messaging

Planned Features

• Show current active users in given channel
• Reformat how messages are fetched
  • Fetch messages on channel change
  • Make API return only X results until we ask for more
  • Will help scale once Image uploads are implemented
• Voice Chat down the road...

Copyright Eric Ellbogen 2019

• This project is under the GNU V3 license. Find it here.