Forum Web Application

A modern web forum application built with Go (Golang) that enables users to create accounts, share posts, engage through comments, and interact via a voting system. Features include post categorization, image uploads, and secure session-based authentication.

✨ Features

• User Authentication: Secure registration, login/logout with session management
• Post Creation: Write posts with titles, content, and optional images
• Categories: Organize and filter posts by predefined categories
• Voting System: Like/dislike both posts and comments
• Comments: Engage in discussions with nested comment threads
• Activity Tracking: View your created posts and liked content
• Real-time Counters: Display votes and comment counts
• Responsive Design: Mobile-friendly interface

🛠 Technology Stack

Backend: Go 1.21.7 | Database: SQLite3 | Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript

Key Libraries:

• go-sqlite3 - SQLite database driver
• uuid - Session ID generation
• bcrypt (crypto) - Password hashing

📂 Project Structure

forum/
├── cmd/web/                    # Web application entry point
│   ├── main.go                # Application initialization
│   ├── handlers.go            # HTTP request handlers
│   ├── routes.go              # URL routing configuration
│   ├── middleware.go          # Authentication & session middleware
│   ├── templates.go           # Template rendering logic
│   └── helper.go              # Utility functions
├── internal/
│   ├── models/                # Data models and database operations
│   │   ├── user.go           # User model and operations
│   │   ├── posts.go          # Post model and operations
│   │   ├── comments.go       # Comment model and operations
│   │   ├── like_dislike.go   # Post voting system
│   │   ├── like_dislike_comments.go # Comment voting system
│   │   ├── post_categories.go # Category management
│   │   ├── session_manager.go # Session handling
│   │   └── erros.go          # Error definitions
│   ├── validator/            # Input validation
│   │   └── validator.go
│   ├── database.db           # SQLite database file
│   └── database.sql          # Database schema
├── ui/
│   ├── static/               # Static assets
│   │   ├── style.css         # Main stylesheet
│   │   ├── style_authen.css  # Authentication styles
│   │   ├── style_error.css   # Error page styles
│   │   ├── images/           # UI icons and images
│   │   └── upload/           # User uploaded images
│   └── templates/pages/      # HTML templates
│       ├── home.html         # Homepage
│       ├── create.html       # Post creation form
│       ├── viewpost.html     # Individual post view
│       ├── viewpostcategorie.html # Category view
│       ├── userposts.html    # User's posts
│       ├── userlikedpost.html # User's liked posts
│       ├── login.html        # Login form
│       ├── signup.html       # Registration form
│       └── error.html        # Error pages
├── dockerfile                # Docker configuration
├── go.mod                    # Go module definition
└── go.sum                    # Dependency checksums

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Go 1.21.7 or higher
• SQLite3
• GCC (for SQLite driver compilation)

Installation & Running

Local Development:

# Clone and navigate to project
git clone <repository-url>
cd forum

# Install dependencies
go mod download

# Run the application (database auto-created on first run)
go run ./cmd/web

# Access at http://localhost:4000

Using Docker:

docker build -t forum .
docker run -p 4000:4000 forum

Custom Port: Modify addr flag in cmd/web/main.go (default: 4000)

🗄 Database Schema

SQLite database with 7 main tables:

• user - Authentication and profiles
• post - Forum posts with content
• comments - Post comments
• post_categorie - Post-category mappings
• votes - Post like/dislike votes
• votecomment - Comment like/dislike votes
• session - User session management

🔒 Security

• Bcrypt password hashing
• Session-based authentication with expiration
• SQL injection protection via prepared statements
• Server-side input validation
• Authentication middleware for protected routes

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Here's how you can help:

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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