PhoenixVC Web Model

Project Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/phoenixvc/web_model.git
   cd web_model

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the root directory and add the necessary environment variables. Refer to .env.example for the required variables.

4. Run the development server:

   npm run dev

5. Build the project:

   npm run build

6. Start the production server:

   npm start

Features

User Profile

• Social Media Links: Users can add and display their social media profiles (e.g., Twitter, LinkedIn) on their profile page.
• Profile Picture Upload: Users can upload and change their profile picture directly from the profile page.
• Activity Filters: Users can filter their recent activities by posts, comments, and likes.
• Privacy Settings: Users can manage their privacy settings, such as making their profile public or private.
• Achievements and Badges: Users can view their achievements and badges earned through their activities on the platform.
• Friend List: Users can add and manage a list of friends or connections.
• User Statistics: Users can view detailed statistics about their activities, such as the number of posts, comments, and likes.
• Dark Mode: Users can switch between light and dark mode for their profile page.
• Customizable Profile Layout: Users can customize the layout and appearance of their profile page.
• Notification Settings: Users can manage their notification preferences.

Admin Dashboard

• Parallel Data Fetching: Optimized data fetching for users, blog posts, shop items, and events to reduce loading time.
• Pagination: Implemented pagination for users, blog posts, shop items, and events to reduce the amount of data loaded at once.
• Memoized Components: Memoized components that do not need to re-render frequently.
• Debounced Input Handlers: Debounced input handlers for search or filter functionalities to reduce the number of API calls.
• State Management Library: Used a state management library like Redux or Zustand to manage the state more efficiently.
• Lazy Loading: Lazy loaded components that are not immediately visible.
• Optimized Images: Ensured that images, such as user profile pictures, are optimized for faster loading times.
• Reduced Unnecessary Re-renders: Used useCallback and useMemo hooks to prevent unnecessary re-renders of components.
• Caching: Implemented caching mechanisms to store frequently accessed data and reduce the number of API calls.
• Code Splitting: Implemented code splitting to load only the necessary code for the current view, reducing the initial load time.

Chat

• Parallel Data Fetching: Optimized data fetching for session and messages to reduce loading time.
• Debounced Input Handlers: Debounced input handlers for sending messages to reduce the number of socket emissions.
• Memoized Components: Memoized components that do not need to re-render frequently.
• State Management Library: Used a state management library like Redux or Zustand to manage the state more efficiently.
• Lazy Loading: Lazy loaded components that are not immediately visible.

Notifications

• Notification System: Implemented a notification system to keep users informed about important updates.
• Notification Preferences: Users can manage their notification preferences.

User Settings

• Notification Preferences: Users can manage their notification preferences.
• Privacy Settings: Users can manage their privacy settings, such as making their profile public or private.

User Dashboard

• Achievements and Badges: Users can view their achievements and badges earned through their activities on the platform.
• User Statistics: Users can view detailed statistics about their activities, such as the number of posts, comments, and likes.

Blog Post Listing

• Search Functionality: Users can search and filter blog posts.

Error Handling

• Robust Error Handling: Implemented a more robust error handling mechanism across various components to provide meaningful error messages and fallback UI.

Testing

• Unit Tests: Added unit tests for individual functions and components to ensure they work as expected.
• Integration Tests: Created integration tests to verify that different parts of the application work together correctly.
• Mocking API Calls: Used libraries like axios-mock-adapter to mock API calls and test how the components handle different responses.
• Snapshot Tests: Used snapshot testing to capture the rendered output of components and ensure it doesn't change unexpectedly.
• Accessibility Tests: Ensured the application is accessible by using tools like axe-core to check for accessibility issues.
• End-to-end Tests: Wrote end-to-end tests using tools like Cypress to simulate user interactions and verify that the application behaves correctly in a real-world scenario.
• Error Handling Tests: Tested how the application handles errors, such as failed API requests or invalid data, to ensure it provides a good user experience.
• Performance Tests: Measured the performance of the application and optimized it if necessary using tools like Lighthouse.
• Code Coverage: Ensured high code coverage by writing tests for all possible scenarios and edge cases using tools like Istanbul.
• Continuous Integration: Integrated tests into a continuous integration pipeline to automatically run tests on every push or pull request.

Advanced React Hooks

• useReducer: Useful for managing complex state logic in a component.
• useContext: Allows accessing the React context for managing global state or passing data through the component tree.
• useMemo: Used to memoize expensive calculations and avoid re-computing them on every render.
• useCallback: Used to memoize callback functions and prevent them from being recreated on every render.
• useRef: Provides a way to create mutable references that persist across renders.
• useImperativeHandle: Allows customizing the instance value that is exposed when using ref in a parent component.
• useLayoutEffect: Similar to useEffect, but fires synchronously after all DOM mutations.
• useDebugValue: Used to display a label for custom hooks in React DevTools.

Best Practices

• Error Handling: Use try-catch blocks, display user-friendly error messages, log errors, retry failed requests, provide fallback UI, validate API responses, use error boundaries, ensure graceful degradation, provide feedback, and test error scenarios.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize data fetching, debounce input handlers, memoize components, use a state management library, lazy load components, reduce unnecessary re-renders, implement caching, and code splitting.
• Testing: Write unit tests, integration tests, mock API calls, use snapshot tests, accessibility tests, end-to-end tests, error handling tests, performance tests, ensure high code coverage, and integrate tests into a continuous integration pipeline.