Ripple Social Media Platform

Ripple is a modern social media platform built with Go (backend) and Next.js (frontend).

Features

• User authentication and profile management
• Post creation with privacy settings
• Image uploads for posts and comments
• Like/unlike functionality
• Commenting system
• Follow/unfollow users
• Feed with pagination

Project Structure

Backend (Go)

• backend/server.go - Main server entry point
• backend/pkg/api/ - API handlers, middleware, and routes
• backend/pkg/models/ - Data models and repositories
• backend/pkg/db/migrations/ - Database migrations

Frontend (Next.js)

• frontend/src/pages/ - Next.js pages and API routes
• frontend/src/components/ - React components
• frontend/src/contexts/ - React context providers
• frontend/src/services/ - API service layer

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Go 1.16+
• Node.js 14+
• SQLite3

Backend Setup

cd backend
go mod download
go run server.go

Frontend Setup

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Committing Changes

A script has been provided to help commit changes with appropriate messages:

./commit_script.sh

This will stage and commit all files with descriptive commit messages organized by feature.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.