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dylan kane
2,772 PointsSocial Media Site Made with Java Script
So, i've learned java script, and i am in the process of learning node js. I believe I am ready to start programming my social media site, which I want made in java script. There is only one problem, and that is I have no idea where to start. I chose to make the social media features with java script rather than say ruby because you have more control over what is going on, and now that I have learned js i can use this to my advantage. I understand js very well, but I dont not have the slightest idea where to start. I want to make social media features like blogging, signing up, making profiles, rating things, etc. Any advice on where to start, some good videos to watch, or even some frameworks to look into would be fantastic. Thanks! By the way, the website is completely done except for the js, so all i need to do is add those features.
2 Answers
adriendepraute
7,082 PointsI'm currently trying to achieve something similar in nodejs : user accounts / chat rooms / member directory and basic status timeline (with text only for now)... Things seems to start working well, it's on a good way :)
Tools I use for this project :
- Express with express generator : for http server, router system & jade templates
- MongoDB for the database (npm : monk, mongodb, mongoose)
- Socket.io for real time interactions (for the chat room, i used it just for the users to be able to see each character typed appear in real time before the message is sent)
- passport : for user accounts, passport is a nice tool which supports all major social network authentication
for the frontend i use gulp, sass, jquery
for debbuging, don't forget to 'use strict' and i'd highly reccomend to try "mocha" for test units and of course git (github) as it's very easy to deploy on a real server (i use a VPS server for now)
Hope it will help! (and excuse my bad english...)
PS : check out this VERY nice tutorial that helped me a lot at the same time I follow treehouse courses : http://cwbuecheler.com/web/tutorials/2013/node-express-mongo/
dylan kane
2,772 PointsThanks for the indepth answer this was pretty much what i needed to get started. I appreciate the time you put in to giving me this answer man!
Jose Balaguer
17,473 PointsAward winning answer. Great job man :)
carlin aylsworth
5,650 PointsI would highly recommend Meteor.js as a framework for a project this complex if you are the only one developing it. I don't know how comfortable you are building login systems, but Meteor can create them for you and this can save days of work/pain for a beginner developer. Here is a pretty comprehensive list of learning materials
By the way, one of my favorites is the meteor chef
Hope this helps, and good luck!
dylan kane
2,772 Pointsthanks so much!
Gunhoo Yoon
5,027 PointsGunhoo Yoon
5,027 PointsWell topic like Social Media is popular and it can get crazy depends on how high you want to go. I haven't built any kind of those nor even tried, so I can't really answer it. However, since this topic is pretty popular you can search your question through Google. see the result Few ones on top looks helpful to you.
Server side scripting language you might want to use would be Node.js, Popular database that works well with Node.js seems to be MongoDB. Popular framework for Node.js would be Express.