rahul-racha/slack-lamp-architecture

Website similar to Slack built using LAMP stack

Slack-LAMP

A Web application developed using LAMP stack to create channels, send messages and manage users within a workspace. The application has a look and feel similar to Slack.

Features

1. Messages

• Users can post messages, code snippets, upload files and insert pictures either from the local system or image URL.

• Replies can be posted to messages as threads.

  Sample Message	Threads

2. Pagination and Reactions

• Users can react to the messages by either upvoting '+1' or downvoting '-1' reactions.
• Clicking 'Load More' option in message area loads messages that were posted earlier than the 10 current messages.
• Search bar can be used to search for existing users in the workspace.

Initial	Pagnation	Reactions

3. Channel Membership and Administration

• Users can create channels (both public and private) and invite members to the channels.
• Admins can edit channel membership, delete posts, archive and unarchive a channel.
• No further posts, reactions and channel modification are allowed in archived channels.

Channel Archive	Channel Creation

4. CAPTCHA, Gravatar and Github Authentication

• The site is integrated with No CAPTCHA ReCAPTCHA API. Prior to editing profile, users have to complete the CAPTCHA requirement.
• User's current avatar is overrided to Gravatar image through the email ID associated with Gravatar API.
• The website can also be logged in using GitHub's credentials. The avatar is changed dynamically to the user's GitHub avatar.

GitHub Authentication	CAPTCHA

Requirements

• LAMP stack
• PHP 7

Code Style

• The project uses Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern.
• All the client-side resources are available in the views folder.
• Client requests are directed to the controller by creating an instance of a controller class and calling its methods.
• MySQL Database operations such as SELECT, INSERT and DELETE are handled in the Model classes.