Meme-Soundboard-2

Inspiration

After seeing soundboards before, especially those containing meme content, we wanted to create our own.

What it does

Allows a user to spam other users with sound files, as well as add in files of their own for everyone to use.

How we built it

We used Express.js for the backend, SQL to store information about the sounds we upload, and WebSockets to communicate real-time information to users and the server. We host our http and websocket user using heroku's free servers and our SQL server using Google Cloud Platform.

Challenges we ran into

We had to re-code our front end as we weren't aware of the complexities of React, and we planned for way more than we managed to accomplish.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Sheer dankness, as well as the websocket setup to play sounds on all computers. The sound upload system is also something that we're proud of

What we learned

We learned how to write an entire backend in Express.js, team coordination, website design and CSS, Google Cloud Platform and interfacing with those servers.