README.md

Matcha

Welcome to Matcha, a simple yet great dating website ! Create your profile, browse through a customized suggestion of profile, like, match, chat in just few clicks.

Build with

• NodeJS - Backend
• Express - Web application framework
• ReactJS - Frontend
• PostgreSQL - Database
• Socket.io - Used to get real time notifications and messages

Get the requirement

Prerequisites

You need to have installed NodeJS and PostgreSQL.

Modify the config file

server/config/dev.js contains all the information needed by PostgreSQL to connect Matcha to its database. Modify it so it matches your Pg config.

const db = {
    user: 'yourPgUsername',
    database: 'yourDatabaseName',
    password: 'yourPgPassword',
    port: 'yourPgPort'
};

Let's start

Make sure all your node modules are installed

npm update

Run your server

node server/index.js

Create and fill your database with 600 random profiles

npm run init

Start the App

npm start

Ready Set Match !

Congrats you have successfully set up your Matcha ! You can now create a new profile or sign in with one of the 600 created (password: Matcha2019).

Authors

• Trestan - Back - check his profile
• Chloe - Front/Back - check her profile