Metaforums

An online web-based discussion forum application

Project Structure

This project is separated between the frontend and the backend application.

• backend/ The backend of this application is written in PHP, and is API focused.
  • index.php The main handler of backend functions. Handles routing, loading of Mitsumine services, and conversion of array responses to JSON.
  • Mitsumine/ Mitsumine is a set of custom-written helper classes to consolidate frequently used code.
    • Mitsumine/HTTP Mitsumine HTTP contains a number of abstractions for HTTP, such as Request class
    • Mitsumine/Services Mitsumine Services contains a number of service classes for common functionality such as Database and Session.
  • Application/ Application contains classes that are the core of the application itself
    • Controllers/ Controllers contain controllers that return HTTP responses
• frontend/ The frontend of this application, written in HTML and utilizes T
• index.php This index file allows serving both frontend and backend from one endpoint.

Software Stack

The software is tested on the Apache server and PHP 7.3 on Arch Linux.

Backend

The database used is MariaDB 10.4.8

External frontend libraries used

Vue.js

Vue.js is a progressive, incrementally-adoptable JavaScript framework for building UI on the web

Vue.js allows for interactivity while being less cumbersome than manipulating the DOM manually e.g. with jQuery.

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jQuery

jQuery is a feature-rich JavaScript library.

Here, jQuery is mainly used for its AJAX functionality.

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CSS Frameworks and Styles used

Tailwind

Tailwind is a utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom designs

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Additional Development