Slackito

Backend server for the messaging system

Important Links

Backend

• https://nodejs.org/en/
• ORM we plan to use http://docs.sequelizejs.com/
• Web framework we plan to use https://expressjs.com/
• DBMS https://www.postgresql.org/

Security

• Password hashing using algorithm Bcrypt
  • nodejs library https://www.npmjs.com/package/bcrypt
  • Why Bcrypt? https://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/
• JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
  • About https://jwt.io/introduction/
  • Library https://www.npmjs.com/package/passport-jwt
• Helmet for security against common threats https://helmetjs.github.io/

Brokers

• https://mosquitto.org/ (MQTT)
• https://github.com/mcollina/mosca (MQTT)
• https://www.rabbitmq.com/ (AMQP / MQTT)

Protocols:

• https://www.amqp.org/
• https://mqtt.org/

Documentation Generator

• http://apidocjs.com/