Far Friends

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The Inspiration

The world's a very isolated place now as of the outbreak of COVID-19. Far Friends aims to connect people across the world, because we're all in this together.

The Project

We've created an application where users from around the world can connect with each other and keep socializing throughout this rough time. On the front page you can monitor COVID in each country with our map that updated live. You can see the most recent users online and view each others profile to find the best Far Friend for this pandemic.

The Building

Backend hosting using Heroku
Database hosting using Heroku ClearDB
Backend using Node & Express (Julian & Josh)
Frontend using React + Global State (Ian & Bryan)

The Difficulties

Our team ran in to many difficulties, from internet connection issues, 2 final exam conflicts, and members frequently missing.

The Accomplishments

This was a large, ambitious project for us to complete. Perhaps too large, but what we did get done is an achievement in and of itself!

The Lessons

Global State Management within React
Authentication using Node
Password Encryption using bcrypt
Hosting a MySQL Database using Heroku ClearDB
Accessing MySQL Databases using Chrome MySQL Admin

The Future

We have many plans for the future of this project, including adding the ability to actually send messages to other users. We have prepared database tables to create this functionality, but still need to do more.