Build a chat room with Appwrite and React

Wes Cope is a full stack software engineer at AppRight, working on everything from database drivers to various other tasks. You can follow him on Twitter at WesCope or find his work on GitHub.

The presentation by Wes Cope is about building a chat app using AppRight, a backend-as-a-service platform. The chat app is a minimalist version of Slack, built with TypeScript, React, the AppRight SDK, and the Chakra UI framework.

The chat app in Wes Cope's presentation is built using TypeScript, React, the AppRight SDK for TypeScript/JavaScript, and the Chakra UI framework.

AppRight offers features such as authentication, user management, database storage, cloud functions in various languages, webhooks, built-in security, geolocation, image manipulation, and real-time capabilities.

AppRight enhances the development experience by simplifying backend tasks, allowing developers to focus on building the application itself. It provides pre-built APIs and services, reducing the need for repetitive tasks like setting up authentication or image upload services.

AppRight can be deployed using a one-click deployment on DigitalOcean or by running a simple Docker command. The platform provides detailed instructions on its website, appwrite.io.

AppRight is a backend-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that allows developers to focus on client and mobile application development by providing various backend services. It is open source, secure, and comes with APIs for REST and WebSockets, along with well-documented SDKs.

AppRight focuses on security with built-in features like secure, end-to-end backend servers, and automatic generation of valid certificates for HTTPS. For personal data protection, developers can encrypt data on the client-side before storing it in AppRight's document store.

The source code for the chat app mentioned in the presentation by Wes Cope is available on GitHub at github.com/WesTeslaTalk. The repository contains the exact code running on Tessa Talk.

Tessa Talk is a chat app built by Wes Cope using AppRight, named endearingly after Tessa, a colleague at AppRight. The app allows users to register, sign in, and start chatting in a minimalist interface.