Smiley a Twitter-Like Social Media System

This project is a Twitter-like social media system developed in Java, featuring user interactions such as tweeting, live chat, and database-driven functionality. It consists of a Client-Server architecture with a MySQL database for data storage.

Features

📝 Core Functionalities

• User Authentication: Sign up, log in, and manage profiles.
• Tweet System: Users can post, view, and delete tweets.
• Live Chat: Real-time messaging system between users.
• Follow System: Users can follow/unfollow others.
• Database Storage: Stores tweets, user data, and chat logs in MySQL.
• Search Functionality: Search for your desired tweet or person.
• Notification System: Recieve notifications when users message you.
• Online/Offline Status: Users can see if other users are online or offline. Green Indicates online and grey indicats offline status.
• Comments: Users can post comments on other people's posts.

📸 Screenshots

Main Menu

Login & Register Page

User Dashboard

Tweet Interface

Chat Interface

🗄️ Database Setup

1. Install MySQL and create a database named Smiley.
2. Run the provided SQL script (mysql.sql) to create tables. (Server/Database/mysql.sql)
3. Update database credentials in Server/Database/DatabaseConfig.java.

🚀 How to Run the Project

Prerequisites

• Java (JDK 8 or higher)
• MySQL Database

Steps

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/Ohtears/Smiley.git
   cd Smiley

2. Start MySQL Database
3. Configure Database in Server/Database/MYSQLHandler.java
4. Run the Server

   cd Server
   javac -cp .:lib/* Server/Network/ResponseHandler.java
   java -cp .:lib/* Server/Network/ResponseHandler

5. Run the Client

   cd Client
   javac -cp .:lib/* Client/GUI/MainApp/MenuMain.java
   java -cp .:lib/* Client/GUI/MainApp/MenuMain

📡 Networking & Real-Time Features

• Uses Java Sockets for real-time client-server communication.
• Threaded architecture ensures responsiveness.
• Messages are delivered in real-time with asynchronous processing.

📌 Future Enhancements

• Implement a Like System.
• Add Profile Pictures.
• Enhance the user interface with modern UI frameworks.
• Optimize live chat for better efficency.

👨‍💻 Author

@Tears 💧 (https://github.com/Ohtears)