List of Requirements

View List of Required Features

Repository Structure

The repository is structured as follows:

• The client/ directory. This contains all the logic for the user interface. Components are in the src/components/ directory. The package.json file contains all dependencies for the client/. The cypress/ directory contains all e2e tests and the component tests.
• The server/ directory contains all logic for the application’s server. The starting point is server.js. The file config.js contains server configuration settings. Currently, it has the URLs for the local instances of the node server and MongoDB service. The init.js file has some starter code to connect to a MongoDB database instance running locally. The destroy.js file is used to delete the entire database and start afresh whenever necessary. The tests/ directory contains all unit testing files. The package.json file contains all dependencies for the server/.

Deployment

The client/ and the server/ directory have a file named Dockerfile. These files contain commands to install a client and server application on a docker container and run them in the container. The project root has a file docker-compose.yml file. This file has commands to build the project. Building the project includes creating an image of MongoDB in a docker container, transferring all client and server files to the same container, and executing the server followed by the client on the container. Steps to run docker:

1. Install docker by referring - https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/
2. Ensure you have docker set-up on your host machines and the docker daemon is up and running.
3. Update the Mongodb url as per the docker-compose.yml, i.e. update mongodb://localhost:27017/fake_so to mongodb://mongodb:27017/fake_so
4. From the main project directory, run the command to generate the images and start the containers
5. Run the command docker-compose up from the project root. This should result in the container being up and running. Start the application from your browser.

Regarding Testing:

We used a SnackBar to display error messages when users attempt to do certain actions. Cypress has trouble getting the SnackBar and because of this, these tests are flaky. When running the tests, if the test mentions a SnackBar, it does regularly pass, but if it fails, this is due to it being flaky.

List of features

Feature	Description	E2E Tests	Component Tests	Jest Tests ('': <path/to/endpoint)
User Validation / Authentication	Validate user identity throughout application.	/client/cypress/e2e/userAuth	/client/cypress/component/userAuth	'/user/validateAuth' & '/user/csrf-token': /server/tests/accounts
View Posts	Allow users to view existing posts, including metadata (i.e., vote count) on the platform.	/client/cypress/e2e/viewPosts	/client/cypress/component/viewPosts	'/question/getQuestion' & '/question/getQuestionByID/:qid': /server/tests/viewPosts
Create New Posts	Allow users to compose and publish new posts.	/client/cypress/e2e/createPosts	/client/cypress/component/createPosts	'/question/addQuestion' & '/answer/addAnswer': /server/tests/createPosts
Search for Existing Posts	Allow users to search for specific posts or topics.	/client/cypress/e2e/search	/client/cypress/component/search	'/question/getQuestion': /server/tests/search
Commenting on Posts	Allow users to add comments to existing posts.	/client/cypress/e2e/comments	/client/cypress/component/comments	'/comment/addCommentToQuestion' & '/comment/addCommentToAnswer': /server/tests/comments
Voting on Posts	Increases or decreases the score of a question or answer depending on user voting.	/client/cypress/e2e/voting	/client/cypress/component/voting	'/vote/addVoteTo{Question/Answer/Comment}': /server/tests/voting
Tagging Posts	Association of terms or keywords when creating questions, and suggestion of tags.	/client/cypress/e2e/tagging	/client/cypress/component/tagging & /client/cypress/component/createPosts/new_question.cy.js	'/question/addQuestion': /server/tests/createPosts
Viewing User Profiles	Show user information, summary statistics, and views of a user’s posts.	/client/cypress/e2e/profiles	/client/cypress/component/profiles	'/profile/view/:uid': /server/tests/profiles
Editing User Profiles	Show options that a user can edit and update them accordingly.	/client/cypress/e2e/editProfiles	/client/cypress/component/editProfiles	'/profile/edit': /server/tests/profiles
Post Moderation	User moderation to open or close question threads and flag for inappropriate posts.	/client/cypress/e2e/mod	/client/cypress/component/mod	'/vote/addVoteTo{Question/Answer/Comment}' & '/isAuthorizedToVote/:voteType': /server/tests/voting
Account Creation / Sign In	Creates a new user account or updates session to use an existing one.	/client/cypress/e2e/accounts	/client/cypress/component/accounts	'/user/login' & '/user/logout' & '/user/signUp': /server/tests/accounts
Mark Post as Solution	Allow users to mark an answer post as the solution to a specific question.	/client/cypress/e2e/solution	/client/cypress/component/solution	'/answer/markAnswerAsSolution': /server/tests/solution

Prerequisites:

• Install MongoDB on your local machine.
• Install NodeJS on your local machine.

Dependency Setup Instructions (From root):

cd server
npm install
cd ../client
npm install

Database Initialization Instructions:

cd server
node init.js

Instructions to generate and view coverage report

Generate the coverage report by running the following instructions:

cd server
npx jest --runInBand --coverage