README.md

Treeview Chat

What is this?

A quick experiment with a Vue frontend (this repository) and Express backend API that is an anonymous chat presented in a tree. Any comment node can be expanded by leaving an anonymous comment of your own with no registration.

Demo

The demo is hosted on Heroku here. Every day at midnight (UTC) the database is wiped. Nevermind, Heroku no longer provides a free tier.

Technologies

Web

• Vue
• Express as server
• Axios
• Heroku for hosting
• No other CSS or JavaScript libraries

Backend API

• Express
• Postgres
• Sequelize
• Heroku for hosting:
  • API itself
  • Database (Postgres)
  • Scheduled task to clear messages table