Messaging Application

This is a highly scalable and available messaging application where users can exchange messages with each other.

Technologies

• Application Tier: Spring Boot
• Database: Apache Cassandra
• Data Layer: Spring Data Cassandra
• Security: Spring Security
• View Layer: Thymeleaf

Features

• User authentication and authorization using GitHub OAuth
• Messaging functionality including:
  • Viewing emails
  • Replying to emails
  • Reply all functionality
• Email tracking (read/unread status)

Installation

Prerequisites

• Java 8 or higher
• Apache Cassandra
• Maven

Steps

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/iamber12/inbox-spring-boot-app
   cd inbox-spring-boot-app

2. Set up Apache Cassandra

   • Follow the instructions here to install Apache Cassandra.
   • Create the necessary keyspace and tables using the schema.cql file in the repository.

3. Configure the application

   • Update application.properties with your Cassandra configuration and other necessary details.

4. Build and run the application

   mvn clean install
   mvn spring-boot:run

5. Access the application

   • Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080.

Next Steps

• Implement custom folder creation.
• Utilize the color property for folders.
• Enable moving emails between folders.
• Add multi-select and bulk actions (delete).

For further details and code, please refer to this Code with Me series.