Distributed Social Network

Distributed Social Network (yet to be named) is a MakeBU project.

Authors:

Emmanuel Amponsah
Hayato Nakamura
Joseph Lai
Ken Garber
Shoki Ko
William Pine

Flowchart Overview

User starts the program (their server), and it either creates its own network or joins a specified network.
Server goes into an infinite loop to support two services:
- 1: network communications, and
- 2: user interface
User interface allows the user to:
- 1: view all chatrooms, view and send messages in chatrooms, and
- 2: view and set their identity.
Database layer supports the server side in order to store data persistently and recall data

Supporting Tools

Python server configuration and load visualization
C++ database compression tool

Components

Server
- Network Communication
- Local User Interface
User Interface
- Local server
- Front end (in browser)
Database layer

Running the project

Have Go installed
Navigate to the project repository
Set your GOPATH variable to that directory. You can do this with GOPATH=$(pwd) on mac or linux. There's probably a way on Windows, too.
Use go build cli to build the project
Run the program with one of two commands - the "start" command if you're starting a new network, or the "join" command if you're joining a network. The arguments are self explanatory.
- ./cli start myIpAddr myPort myName
- ./cli join friendIpAddr friendPort myIpAddr myPort myName
Now type and hit enter to send messages!