Pair Coding

Description

A live coding platform which gives users the ability to code together.

• A user can create a session and make it available to other users by giving them socket namespace.
• Other users can connect to that socket namespace and start working together.
• All the code and users' details connected to that session will be saved in the database.
• This is mostly helpful for interviewers to conduct technical interviews and know the thought process of the interviewee.
• Link for this app: https://paircoding.herokuapp.com

Features:

• Multiple language support.
• Multiple editor-themes.
• Download the code.
• Stay tuned for more features.

Getting Started

This is a React app built with create-react-app. It uses CircleCI and heroku for CI/CD. Only master branch gets deployed.

1. Download/clone the repository.
2. Run npm install to install all the dependencies.
3. Run npm run start-dev to start local server for development.

Environment Variables

1. When the app is deployed the node server requires process.env.PORT variable. Default PORT is 8000.
2. To connect to the backend specify the process.env.REACT_APP_SERVER_URL variable. Default is localhost:3000.

CI and CD Environment Variables

CircleCI Configurations

Both the below configurations are used to push to the heroku server. CircleCI force pushes the code to heroku to avoid any conflicts.

1. Specify the environment variable REACT_APP_HEROKU_API_KEY which is the heroku api key for deployment.
2. Specify the environment variable REACT_APP_NAME which is the app name in heroku.

Heroku Configurations

1. Set the environment variable REACT_APP_SERVER_URL in heroku to connect the backend. Default is localhost:3000.