README.md

ConversaVue

A chat application that allows:

• user sign up
• log in
• user search (with username)
• 1 on 1 conversations
• realtime updates to messages

Built with:

• Vue3 with Composition API
• Firebase: Auth and Firestore
• Vuetify: used Material Design
• Vuelidate

Data model:

Uses 2 collections in Firestore: users and messages.

user: {
    id: string,
    email: string,
    username: string,
    first_name: string,
    last_name: string,
    birthdate: string,
    users_contacted: [
        {
            id: string,
            email: string,
            unread_counter: number,
        }
    ]
}

message: {
    id: string,
    sender_id: string,
    recipient_id: string,
    text_message: string,
    sent_on: timestamp,
}