Technology - acani/Chats GitHub Wiki

Servers

• Database Server

  • PostgreSQL stores user data & sessions

• REST Server

  • Rack: a Ruby web server
  • Passwordless authentication for the signup & login flow
  • Mailgun sends emails

• Chat Server

  • Node.js: JavaScript server
  • WebSockets for two-way communication between client & server

Clients

• iPhone Client

  • Xcode for development
  • iOS SDK: Foundation, UIKit, etc.
  • Swift Programming Language

• Android Client

  • Android SDK & Java

• Web Client

  • HTML, CSS, and JavaScript