Merge pull request #73 from nicolelim02/feat/users

Add instructions to run redis

Author: ruiqi7

backend/user-service/.env.sample

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ USER=EMAIL_ADDRESS
 PASS=PASSWORD
 
 # Redis configuration
-REDIS_URI=redis://redis:6379
+REDIS_URI=redis://redis:6379 # Uncomment if you're running the user service using docker compose
+# REDIS_URI=redis://localhost:6379 # Uncomment if you're running the user service individually without docker
 
 # Test
 MONGO_URI_TEST=mongodb://mongo:mongo@test-mongo:27017/

backend/user-service/README.md

@@ -42,13 +42,21 @@
 
    3. Enter `host.internal.docker` as the Host.
 
-## Running User Service without Docker
+## Running User Service Individually
 
-1. Open Command Line/Terminal and navigate into the `user-service` directory.
+1. Set up and run Redis using `docker compose run --rm --name redis -p 6379:6379 redis`.
 
-2. Run the command: `npm install`. This will install all the necessary dependencies.
+2. Open Command Line/Terminal and navigate into the `user-service` directory.
 
-3. Run the command `npm start` to start the User Service in production mode, or use `npm run dev` for development mode, which includes features like automatic server restart when you make code changes.
+3. Run the command: `npm install`. This will install all the necessary dependencies.
+
+4. Run the command `npm start` to start the User Service in production mode, or use `npm run dev` for development mode, which includes features like automatic server restart when you make code changes.
+
+## Running User Service Individually with Docker
+
+1. Open the command line/terminal.
+
+2. Run the command `docker compose run user-service` to start up the user service and its dependencies.
 
 ## After running
 

frontend/src/pages/CollabSandbox/index.tsx

@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ const CollabSandbox: React.FC = () => {
   return (
     <AppMargin classname={`${classes.fullheight} ${classes.center}`}>
       <Stack spacing={2} alignItems={"center"}>
-        <Typography variant="h1">Collaborative Sandbox</Typography>
-        <Typography variant="h3">Coming soon...</Typography>
+        <Typography variant="h1">Successfully matched!</Typography>
         <Button variant="outlined" color="error" onClick={() => stopMatch()}>
           End Session
         </Button>