YouBlog

YouBlog is a blogging app for Android and iOS written in TypeScript/JavaScript with React Native.

Features

Todo

(Should go to the issues...)

User centric

• Use the refresh token and when id token has expired
• Use alternate logins via google/facebook...
• Change Profile (optional), Author image, Author name in blog post clickable
• Blog post preview
• Insert the Date picker
• Use also bold and italic fonts in the markdown
• User can select from their own uploaded images
• Image manager for registered users
• Liking and comments for blog posts

Dev centric

• Figure out what contributes into the final apk and remove unncessary packages
• Maybe completely remove the Firebase SDK
• Overhaul and integrate the firbase rest code
• make logging consistent
• read up on and implement e2e tests
• test the reducers
• test some more of the database code (mocking?)
• make theming consistent

Technology

• Frontend: React Native, Expo
• State management: Redux, Redux thunk, immer
• UI: RN Elements, RN paper, react navigation
• Backend: Firebase (Authentication, Firestore Database, Google Cloud Storage)
• Helpful tools:
  • Color: chroma-js
  • Dates: moment
  • Validation: validate.js
  • Markdown: react-native-markdown-display
  • Networking: axios

For development

• Testing: Jest
• Local scripts: ts-node, ts-node-dev
• Formatting: prettier

Links

• Firebase Console
• Expo Console