C#•10mo ago

❔ Creating a server for a messaging app

For a messaging app I'm developing, I've created a contacts collection (code below) which will contain contact items which correspond to a different user, this includes the other user's Username, Profile picture and the most recent message in the chat between you and said user. However I'm not sure how to create a server which will store this information and then call said information. (This will have to come later but I think once the server is created, I'll first have to create a sign up option to the application when it's first launched and will ask the user to input a Username, Email and Profile picture (which can then be changed in a settings tab))

using Solaris.MVVM.Model;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Solaris.MVVM.ViewModel
{
    class MainViewModel
    {
        public ObservableCollection<MessagesModel> Messages { get; set; }
        public ObservableCollection<ContactsModel> Contacts { get; set; }
        public MainViewModel() 
        {
            Messages = new ObservableCollection<MessagesModel>();
            Contacts = new ObservableCollection<ContactsModel>();

            Messages.Add(new MessagesModel
            {
                
            });
        }  
    }
}

using Solaris.MVVM.Model;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Solaris.MVVM.ViewModel
{
    class MainViewModel
    {
        public ObservableCollection<MessagesModel> Messages { get; set; }
        public ObservableCollection<ContactsModel> Contacts { get; set; }
        public MainViewModel() 
        {
            Messages = new ObservableCollection<MessagesModel>();
            Contacts = new ObservableCollection<ContactsModel>();

            Messages.Add(new MessagesModel
            {
                
            });
        }  
    }
}

15 Replies

Azrael•10mo ago

You'd need a database for this & an API. You can use JWT to ensure that only authenticated users can access certain endpoints.

AceChewy•10mo ago

Yh that was my first thought, I'd appreciate recommondations

Azrael•10mo ago

ASP.NET Core for your server. MongoDB - NoSQL or PostgreSQL - SQL for your database. RESTful API, can be done with ASP.NET.

AceChewy•10mo ago

Mind briefly explaining what RESTful API is?

Azrael•10mo ago

Sure.

AceChewy•10mo ago

Also would this be compatible with my app which is WPF (.NET framework)?

Azrael•10mo ago

A RESTful API (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style for designing networked applications. It relies on stateless, client-server communication, meaning that server requests from any client are treated as new and no context is stored between requests.

https://restfulapi.net/

REST API Tutorial

What is REST - REST API Tutorial

REST is an acronym for REpresentational State Transfer. It is an architectural style for hypermedia systems and was first presented by Roy Fielding.

Azrael•10mo ago

Yeah. HttpClient can be used to make requests.

AceChewy•10mo ago

Right, so do I create a seperate project in ASP.NET Core to create a server and then use RESTful to connect my app to the server?

Azrael•10mo ago

You can do that yeah.

AceChewy•10mo ago

Cool I guess all that's left now (understatement) is to watch some videos and look over guides to understand how to get this to work

Azrael•10mo ago

Yes. @Pedro Here's an example.

https://github.com/pedrocampagnoli0/EventEnroll/

AceChewy•10mo ago

Thanks

Pedro•10mo ago

😍 😍 😍 😍 😍

Accord•10mo ago

Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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