Pro-Rooms 🚀

Pro-Rooms is a premium platform for students and professionals to discover, create, and join exclusive group rooms. Each room is protected by a 6-digit access code to ensure community quality.

Architecture Update: Pro-Rooms has been refactored from a monolithic Flask application into a modern, decoupled architecture featuring a Flask REST API backend and a React single-page application (SPA) frontend.

Features ✨

• Room Discovery: Search through a curated list of professional and student groups.
• Secure Access: Join rooms only if you have the 6-digit access code.
• Create Your Own: Easily create and manage your own group rooms.
• Real-Time Chat: Live chat functionality within each room.
• Premium Design: Sleek, modern, and dark-themed UI built with React & CSS.
• User Authentication: Secure stateless JWT login via local accounts or Google OAuth.

Tech Stack 🛠️

• Backend: Python, Flask, Flask-REST API, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy ORM, Flask-JWT-Extended
• Frontend: React, Vite, Axios, React Router Dom, Vanilla CSS (Glassmorphism)
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Tokens) & Authlib (Google OAuth)

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Setup & Installation 🚀

The project is split into two directories: backend/ and frontend/. You must run both concurrently.

1. Backend Setup

1. Navigate to the backend folder:

   cd backend

2. Set up a Virtual Environment & Install Dependencies:

   uv venv
   source .venv/bin/activate
   uv pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure Environment Variables: Copy .env.example to .env and configure it:

   cp .env.example .env

   Make sure DB_NAME and your credentials point to a valid PostgreSQL database.

4. Initialize the Database:

   flask db upgrade

5. Run the Flask Development Server:

   flask run --port=5000 --debug

   The API will be available at http://localhost:5000.

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2. Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the frontend folder (in a new terminal window):

   cd frontend

2. Install Node Utilities: Ensure you have Node.js installed, then install the React dependencies:

   npm install

3. Configure Environment Variables: Create a .env file in the frontend folder:

   VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:5000/api

4. Run the React Development Server:

   npm run dev

   The UI will be available at http://localhost:5173.

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Built with ❤️ by Vasanth