guestbook

Simple guestbook application built with GraphQL and React

What is a guestbook ?

A guestbook is a paper or electronic means for a visitor to acknowledge a visit to a site, physical or web-based, and leave comments to the guestbook creator.

Run Project

• cd client, npm install, npm start
• cd server, npm install, npm start

Project features

This is a fully CRUD capable application with signup and login system where users can CRUD guestbooks, messages and message replies.

Authorities

A logged-in user can:

• Read all guestbooks including messages and replies
• Create a guestbook and update/delete owned guestbooks
• Add messages and replies to any guestbook
• Update/delete owned messages and replies

A guest can:

• Read all guestbooks including messages and replies
• Add messages to any guestbook

Technologies Used

• Reactjs client and Nodejs server with Apollo-GraphQL API for data exchange
• Sequelize ORM connected to a SQLite database
• JWT for user authentication
• Formik for form handling and Yup for form validation
• Material UI for user interface components and Ant design for notifications

Features to be added

• Allaw user to upload guestbook image
• Adjust entry forms sizes
• Improve aesthetics in general

Known Bugs

• Server error when deleting a guestbook from guestbook page