Files
ds-chat/frontend
ksmithandClaude Sonnet 5 559adf9b7e Redesign message list to Mattermost-style: left-aligned, always named
Replaced the Slack/iMessage-style layout (your own messages right-aligned
in an accent-colored bubble, no name shown since you obviously know you
sent it) with a flat, uniformly left-aligned chat log matching Mattermost:
every message shows its sender's avatar and name, dropped only for
consecutive messages from the same sender in a row (grouping logic already
existed for other people's messages; now applies uniformly regardless of
who sent it). No more per-message "mine" background color, since real
Mattermost doesn't have one either -- messages are distinguished only by
the username label, with a hover-revealed row highlight and the existing
edit affordance (still author-only) taking the place of the old bubble.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-14 11:48:59 -06:00
..

KeepItTalking frontend (Phase 1)

React + Vite PWA. Login, room list, and chat views wired to the backend's REST API and /ws/chat WebSocket endpoint. See ../README.md and ../backend/README.md for full local setup.

Dev

npm install
npm run dev

The dev server proxies /api and /ws to http://localhost:8000 (see vite.config.ts), so the backend must be running for anything beyond the login page to work.

Build

npm run build

Generates the PWA manifest and service worker via vite-plugin-pwa into dist/.

Layout

src/
  main.tsx, App.tsx        routes: /login, /rooms, /rooms/:roomId
  api/                       fetch wrappers (client, auth, rooms)
  ws/useChatSocket.ts          WebSocket hook (join/send/receive)
  context/AuthContext.tsx        current-user state, hydrated via GET /api/auth/me
  components/                      ProtectedRoute, RoomListItem, MessageList, MessageInput
  pages/                             LoginPage, RoomListPage, ChatRoomPage