📱 WasaText

WasaText is a modern and lightweight social messaging platform, developed as the final project for the Web and Software Architecture course.

The application allows users to exchange text messages and images in real-time, manage group conversations, and interact via advanced features such as message forwarding and replies.

🚀 Key Features

The application implements a complete set of features required for a modern messaging app:

👤 User Management

• Simplified Login: Access via username (automatic account creation if not existing).
• Customizable Profiles: Setting of nicknames and profile photos.
• User Search: Search system to find other users on the platform.

💬 Messaging & Chat

• 1-to-1 Conversations: Direct private chats between users.
• Groups: Creation and management of groups with custom names and icons.
• Multimedia Support: Sending and viewing of images (Base64 encoding).
• Message Status: Visualization of delivery status (sent, delivered, read).

⚡ Advanced Interactions

• Reply (Thread): Ability to reply to specific messages creating a thread.
• Forwarding: Forwarding existing messages to other chats or groups.
• Reactions: Support for emoji reactions on messages.
• History Management: Deleting messages and conversations.

🛠 Architecture and Technologies

The project follows a containerized Modular Monolith architecture:

• Backend: Written in Go (Golang). Exposes a REST API documented via OpenAPI 3.0.
• Frontend: Single Page Application (SPA) built with Vue.js.
• Database: SQLite embedded for data persistence.
• Deployment: The application is designed to be compiled into a single binary or run via Docker.

📦 Installation and Startup

Prerequisites

• Go 1.18+
• Node.js & Yarn (or Docker)

Method 1: Quick Start (Docker)

The easiest way to test the application is to use Docker (if configured):

docker-compose up --build