Barta

Barta is a dynamic social application built with Laravel, designed to enable seamless user interaction through posts, comments, and likes. With a focus on performance and usability, Barta provides real-time updates, advanced search capabilities, and comprehensive user profile management.

✨ Features

Core Features

• User Authentication & Authorization: Secure login, registration, and email verification.
• Post Creation (Barta): Users can create posts with optional photos.
• Nested Commenting System: Two-level replies to enhance discussions.
• Redis-Powered Like System: Efficient and scalable implementation for likes.
• Real-Time Notifications: Powered by Laravel Reverb for in-app and email notifications.
• Profile Picture Management: Upload and update avatars with automatic deletion of old ones.
• User Profiles: View personal profiles or explore others' profiles, complete with post summaries and statistics.
• Search Functionality: Find users or bartas using usernames, full names, or post titles.
• Full-Image View: Show full-sized images on post detail pages.

Performance and Usability Enhancements

• Optimized Query Handling: Designed to reduce database queries for faster performance.
• Infinite Scrolling: Load posts and comments dynamically with enhanced performance.
• Seamless CRUD Operations: All create, read, update, and delete actions are implemented without page reloads.
• Real-Time Updates: Automatic datetime updates without requiring a refresh.
• Image Management: Edit, update, and upload images with live previews.

💻 Technologies Used

• Backend: Laravel 11.x, Redis, Laravel Reverb for Websockets
• Frontend: Livewire, TailwindCSS
• Queue Handling: database-powered queue workers for stability

🚀 Installation Guide

Prerequisites

• Ensure a Redis server is running locally or in your production environment.
• Configure a mail server (e.g., Mailpit for local or SMTP for production) for email verification.

Steps

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/RoyHridoy/barta.git
cd barta

2. Install dependencies

composer install
npm install

3. Configure environment variables

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

4. Configure .env

• Update database settings.
• Set REDIS_CLIENT to either predis or phpredis

REDIS_CLIENT=predis
# or
REDIS_CLIENT=phpredis

• Configure mail settings.

5. Run migrations and seed the database:

php artisan migrate
php artisan db:seed

6. Set up storage:

php artisan storage:link

7. Start the development server:

php artisan serve

8. Start asset compilation:

npm run dev

10. Start Services:

# Install and start Laravel Reverb for Websockets
php artisan reverb:install
php artisan reverb:start

# Start the queue worker
php artisan queue:work

Verified User

After seeding the database, you can log in with the following credentials:

• Email: [email protected]
• Password: password

📝 Special Notes

1. Redis Client: Ensure predis or phpredis is installed and configured.
2. Mail Server: A running mail server is necessary for user email verification.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to fork the repository and create a pull request with your improvements.