Hammer, Meet Nail

I've been working on a project for a while now, I hastily named it "Hammer". It's a chat app written in JavaScript, it doesn't use any frameworks, and it's built with a custom database intermediate to allow me to use different databases. It uses a custom protocol to communicate between the client and the server. The communication is over WebSockets.

Hammer Protocol

The protocol is very simple. I took a look at the Discord gateway protocol, and I decided to take a similar approach for some of the most basic levels of it. The protocol is a simple JSON-based protocol, with a few different types of messages. The protocol is designed to be easy to expand should I ever need to add more features.

Server

The server sends a few different types of messages to the client. It has an in-socket authentication handshake after an initial HTTPS email + passsword authentication. I've learned about using Postman to help plan out the HTTP API, and I've been using it to help plan out the protocol.

Client

My client is relatively non-existent at the moment. I'm currently working on the server, and I've only made an API wrapper for testing. I'm planning on learning React for the full graphical client. I might end up settling for a terminal-based client, but I'm not sure yet. I want to get the server completed first, and then I'll worry about the client.

React sucks

I actually hate React. I hate it so much, more than I hate Rust. I've spent over a hundred hours working on this website, and it is a furthest thing from "modern" the closest thing it has to a modern webdev feature is that it uses CSS Grid for the layout.