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Twitterish

Live on heroku!

Quickstart guide!

git clone https://github.com/FloatingIntegers/twitterish.git
cd to the directory
npm install
npm run watch:start

What

A twitterish dashboard for sharing thoughts in under 140 characters.

Why

To try out Redis and, perhaps Web Sockets too.

How

Web app using node http server, Redis and Socket.io.

  • client side code to generate a uniqueish username.
  • text input box to submit 140 character messages
  • allow messages to include hashtags
  • display a list of messages with newest at the top
  • update list in realtime (cos it's not the 90s no more)
  • provide a filter function to search by hashtag

Stretch goal

  • User avatars.