donatmolnar/reddit repository overview

⁠Reddit app

⁠Description

This is a reddit lookalike webapp created purely for learning purposes.

⁠Technical details

Utilized technologies:

• Frontend: VanillaJS
• Backend:
• Node.js 15.8.0
• Express 4.17.1
• MySQL 2.18.1
• Database: MySQL
• OS: alpine 3.10

⁠Features

• List entries from the database on the landingpage in form of posts
• Posts:
• Add new posts
• Clicking on post title redirects to the provided url
• Upvote/downvote posts
• Modify posts (in progress: ETA TBD)
• User handling (ETA TBD)

⁠Usage

Pull the image:

docker pull donatmolnar/reddit<:tagname>

To run the image use the following cli command:

docker run -p 3000:<port> -e HOST=<your_database_host> -e USER=<database_user> -e PASS=<database_password> -e DB=<database_name> donatmolnar/reddit[:tag]

Your database should be built like this:

CREATE TABLE `posts` (
	`post_id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
	`title` VARCHAR(500) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'placeholder_title',
	`url` VARCHAR(1000) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'http://example.com/',
	`timestamp` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
	`score` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
	`owner` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'placeholder_user',
	`is_active` BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT true,
	PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`)
);

⁠Reference

Observe the image in action:

• https://reddit-space-donat.herokuapp.com/⁠