iTwitter

Turn your Twitter timeline into an iMessage groupchat for max chaos. Enjoy!

Built with: Express, React, NodeJS

Timeline doesn't update automatically; infinite scroll is activated by scrolling downwards at the bottom of the feed
There's a small lag between when likes & unlikes are registered by the Twitter api, so scrolling / refreshing immediately after liking / unliking may cause the app to display the false status for a liked / unliked Tweet
No retweet functionality, no replies (might accidentally subtweet), no deleting Tweets
Basically SMS, text-only
Logout doesn't work as expected, must close entire browser session
Will work on it more when I have time! But feel free to try / break / fix stuff & make a PR, some suggestions are below

Fix logout bug
Item nesting in GrayMessage.js and BlueMessage.js and corresponding CSS in Message.css are quite messy, can be cleaned up
Perhaps add retweet functionality later (retweet twice = no effect); see icons in "options-unused"
Maybe add unfollowing functionality — "remove from groupchat" — but this might be weird because removing from groupchat is two-way, unfollowing isn't
- Counterpoint: the app displays Tweets from followings, which are not necessarily two-way anyway
Swipe left to see timestamps on messages (in general, better animations — perhaps using react-use-gesture and react-spring)
- Another animation idea: tweeting / sending message: similar animation as when sending iMessage
- Another animation idea: nonlinear - decrease speed over duration of single scroll
Style scrollbar like iMessage's (thin & gray bar)
Double-tap header to scroll to top
Autosizing textarea should actually push the entire stream of Tweets upwards, not cover them)
Add error-handling for liking / unliking / Tweeting
Add functionality for deleting Tweets

The following resources were really helpful in the development of this project!

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