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Slack Clone Server

Based on the tutorial from https://awesomereact.com/playlists/slack-clone-using-graphql/0MKJ7JbVnFc.

Online demo at http://slack-clone.craigstroman.com/.

Running locally

Requires PostgreSQL. If on a Mac use Homebrew to install. If not follow these instructions https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/blog/pginstaller-install-postgresql/.
Clone the repo at https://github.com/craigstroman/slack-clone-server.git.
CD into slack-clone-server.
Run npm install to install all required Node moduels.
Run npm run serve to start server development environment.

Running in production

CD into slack-clone-server.
Run npm run prod:server.
It will create a prod build within the build directory which can be used in production.
You then need to upload the public directory from the root of the client to the root of the project directory on the server.
Then deploy that directory and you can start it by running npm start.

Note: This is a work in progress. I'm continuing to update this and add features.