Social Media App featuring real-time message delivery, user profile customization, easy network building, user authentication, mobile optimized.

friends is a Social Media App where messages are delivered red in real-time and the user can use multiple tools to access chats, edit profile, upload images, and connect with new friends.

• Ruby on Rails
• PostgreSQL
• Action Cable

• React
• React Router
• Redux Thunk middleware
• NPM Action Cable Package
• Custom JWT authentication system that integrates with JWT auth on the Rails API side.
• Cloudinary

After cloning this repo, first run the Rails server:

1.    cd friends-api
      bundle install 
   

2. Database installation:

       rake db:create
       rake db:migrate
       rake db:seed 
   

3. Run Rails server: rails s

   Frontend

      cd ..  
      cd friends-client
      npm install && npm start