Forum

Objectives :

Forum consists in creating a web forum that allows to :

• Communication between users.
• Associating categories to posts.
• Liking and disliking posts and comments.
• Filtering posts.

The Forum Project started on Thursday May 20, and the submission date was set for Sunday June 13 at 11:59 pm.

How to execute the program ?

In order to use our program, you have to type the following on your command prompt :

go run .

Afterwards, the server will start and you will be invited to click on the link below that will take you to the website.

PS C:\VSCODEProjet\GO\Ynov_B1_GO\ProjetForum\Forum> go run .
Server is starting...

Go on http://localhost:8080/

To shut down the server press CTRL + C

Result

On your website, you can visit the discussion category and you can register to be able to comment and start discussions.

Functionnalities :

• SQLite:
  • In order to store the data in the forum (like users, posts, comments, etc.) we used the database library SQLite.
• Authentication:
  • A user can create an account
  • While a user created an account, he can log in the account with his email and his password.
  • The password is encrypted
• Communication:
  • In order to communiquate, a registered user can create post an can comment posts from other users.
• Likes and Dislikes: T
  • he user can like posts and like comments
• Filter: The post lists can be displays by:
  • name
  • categories
  • created posts
  • liked posts
• Docker

Docker

One of the main goal of the project Forum was to create a Dockerfile, (an executable that contains the files and the dependencies of the program), one image and one container.

How to do a Docker ?

First of all, you have to create a DockerFile which contains the following :

# The base go-image
FROM golang:1.16

# Create a directory for the app
RUN mkdir /Forum

# Add all files into Forum app 
ADD . /Forum
 
# Set working directory
WORKDIR /Forum

COPY go.mod go.sum ./

RUN go mod download

RUN go build -o main .
 
# Run the server executable
CMD [ "/Forum/main" ]

Afterwards, you have to download the Docker sofware on your computer.

Then, you have to run the program dockerize.bat which contains the following commands :

@REM ECHO off allows to print only the return of the command
@ECHO OFF
ECHO.
ECHO ---------------------BUILDING IMAGE DOCKER---------------------------
docker build -t forum .
ECHO. 

ECHO ---------------------RUNNING DOCKER ON 8080--------------------------
docker run -d --name Forum -p 8080:8080 forum
ECHO. 
ECHO ---------------------DOCKER IMAGE LIST-------------------------------
docker images
ECHO. 
ECHO ----------------------CONTAINER LIST--------------------------------
docker container ls

This program will allow you to create the docker container and run the image. In addition, it will show you the list of your docker images and your container.

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Additional Modules

• Moderation:

  The module is used to add moderation roles in the Forum

  • Guests:
    • These are unregistered-users that can neither post, comment, like or dislike a post. They only have the permission to see those posts, comments, likes or dislikes.
  • Users:
    • These are the users that will be able to create, comment, like or dislike posts.
  • Moderators:
    • They should be able to monitor the content in the forum by deleting or reporting post to the admin
    • To create a moderator the user should request an admin for that role
    • Approves posted messages before they become publicly visible.
  • Administrators
    • Promote or demote a normal user to, or from a moderator user.
    • Receive reports from moderators. If the admin receives a report from a moderator, he can respond to that report
    • Delete posts and comments
    • Manage the categories, by being able to creating and deleting them.

• Advanced - features:

  • There is an activity page,
    • A user can see: * The user's posts * Where the user left a like or a dislike * Where yhe user has been commenting
    • The a section where the user can remove posts and comments.

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Sources :

• SQLite : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHv2K4wL9Yc
• Encryption : https://gowebexamples.com/password-hashing/
• Cookies : https://medium.com/wesionary-team/cookies-and-session-management-using-cookies-in-go-7801f935a1c8
• Docker :
  • https://hub.docker.com/
  • https://hub.docker.com/_/golang
• Example for the web design : https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/1231043/screenshots/8108762/media/54cf5ab3cc5c44e3e75412357e01cf71.jpg