This application allows users to post messages and images to a discussion board so they can share their content and interact with other posts from other users.

-Envoy Express Api Repo -Envoy Client

As a group we chose to tackle the message board prompt and we decided to try and reproduce a simplistic version of a Reddit-like message board. Once we built a working backend API with which we could CRUD on multiple resources, we began working on the front-ent by brainstorming the various routes and components that needed to be built for the React app. Once we knew what components needed to be created and rendered, we each focused on a resource and built the frontend components to successfully CRUD on these resources.

We ran into an interesting bug when we tried to run an axios API call within a useEffect hooks function that didn't have a dependency array. The component to which this function belonged to was never unmounted, but sat in the background of two bootstrap modal components which had their own respective resource crud actions. Upon successful submission of these forms, the modals would disappear and the original component would correctly display the new API index call which it was making; however, this wasn't an ideal behavior as the useEffect function was running in an infinite loop. To fix this bug we decided to include the modal components as part of the original component making the infinite API calls so that we could toggle some state parameters to selectively set off the API call that was originally running on repeat.

• As an unregistered user, I would like to sign up with email and password.
• As a registered user, I would like to sign in with email and password.
• As a signed in user, I would like to change password.
• As a signed in user, I would like to sign out.
• As a signed in user, I would like to add a post to the message board.
• As a signed in user, I would like to update my post on the message board.
• As a signed in user, I would like to delete my post on the message board.
• As a signed in user, I would like to see all my posts on the message board.
• As a signed in user, I would like to view all other users' posts on the message board.
• As a signed in user, I would like to comment on other users' posts on the message board.
• As a signed in user, I would like to edit my comment on other users' posts on the message board.
• As a signed in user, I would like to delete my comment on other users' posts on the message board.

• JavaScript
• HTML
• CSS
• CSS Sass
• ReactJS
• Ajax (Axios)
• Bootstrap

• Would like to eventually add a current news API integration with a carousel of latest news.
• Would like to eventually add a spell check feature.
• Would like to eventually add the functionality to like posts and rank posts based on number of likes.
• Would like to eventually allow users to add tags to posts and categorize their posts.

• Wireframe and ERDs