Twitter Simulation

A simple implementation of a Twitter-like platform. This project was created as part of an Advanced Programming course and allows users to perform essential social media activities in an intuitive and lightweight way.

Features

User Management

• Sign up, log in, and manage your account.
• View and edit your profile picture.
• View other users' profile pictures.

Timeline & Tweets

• Explore a timeline that displays tweets from users you follow.
• Tweet, retweet, reply, and quote other users' tweets.
• Attach photos to your tweets.
• Like and unlike tweets.
• Filter tweets by hashtags, user mentions, or keywords.

Search

• Search for users.
• Search for specific hashtags.

Social Interactions

• Follow, unfollow, and block users.

Messaging

• Send and receive direct messages.

Technologies Used

• Java
• JavaFX for UI design
• CSS for styling
• MySQL for database management

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/Mehrnaz-Sahebi/twitter-simulation.git  

2. Set up the MySQL database:

   • Create a MySQL database for the project.
   • Import any provided SQL scripts (if available) to create the necessary tables.
   • Update the database connection information in the file located at model/database/SQLConnection (line 37). Replace the placeholders with your actual database credentials:

connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://<hostname>:<port>/<database_name>", "<username>", "<password>");

3. Open the project in your preferred Java IDE (e.g., IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse).

4. Set up and run both the server and client:

   • First, run the server file.
   • Then, run the client file.
   • Both must be running simultaneously for the application to work correctly.

Usage

1. Launch the application.
2. Sign up to create an account.
3. Use the intuitive interface to:
   • Post tweets and interact with others.
   • Explore your timeline and filter tweets.
   • Manage social interactions and direct messaging.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Authors

• Mehrnaz Sahebi GitHub Profile
• Mahsa Nasehi GitHub Profile

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About

This project was developed as part of my Advanced Programming course to demonstrate object-oriented programming, database integration, and UI design principles.