PauwPals

Document Type

Abstract

Publication Date

5-1-2023

Abstract

Social medial websites and applications are the most common way to connect with friends or a community in this digital age. Yet, websites and applications such as Facebook or Twitter usually receive an influx of excess information that blocks meaningful connections and information the user wants to see. PauwPals is an online social media application with a real-time chat feature that is specifically for the DePauw community. Instead of navigating excess information from a website, PauwPals creates a safe space where new DePauw students, faculty, and staff can meet, post updates about the school, find new roommates, and find other relevant information the DePauw community wants to know. PauwPals utilizes technologies such as React, Redux, MongoDB, Node.js, Socket.io, and JWT( JSON-Web-Token) for authentication. With these features, the user can create a personalized page, posts, status updates, and chat with one another if they are connected on the website. PauwPals solves the problem of social media websites and applications that overload the user with information. When connecting to community, or groups within a community, a user wants to get the information that pertains to them and their community directly. Yet, when scrolling, other information is pushed to the forefront. Whether it's politics, random advertisements, or memes, it is difficult to filter out excess information on social media sites. PauwPals replaces extra information with information that is specific to DePauw.

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Completed as part of the Computer Science Senior Capstone Project.

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