Hack30 Project Submission Report
Final Product : WeCode App (A platform where you can video call, code and draw together)
Hosted at https://wecoder.ml/
- Video Call Feature : Allows multiple people to connect to rooms and talk to each other.
- Live Coding : A coding IDE where all the people connected to a room can code simultaneously.
- Code Execution with syntax highlighting : Allows you to choose from a couple of languages and compilers, and highlights syntax on the basis of them. You can also supply input, run the code and get output.
- Live Whiteboard : The interface also consists of a whiteboard which all the members in the room can use to draw stuff. The whiteboard also contains multiple features like colorful pens, pens of different sizes etc.
- Screen Sharing Feature : The webApp also allows you to share screen during the video call.
- Normal Chat Feature : There is also a chat feature which allows you to send text messages to each other.
Main Backend : Python Flask FrontEnd : HTML + CSS + JS
- Video call feature is implemented using Twilio API and WebRTC Technology, which is one of the easiest and the best ways to implement webRTC in python (flask)
- Live coding is implemented using cloud firestore of Google Firebase which makes the changes in real time.
- Coding ide is based on Ace.js javascript library, and executing is done using Judge0 API hosted on sntc servers.
- Live Whiteboard is implemented using WebSockets technology.
- Other features such as Join Room, Leave room etc are also implemented using Flask and WebSockets
- Chat feature is also implemented using WebSockets
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- This Project Requires Python3 to run, so make sure to install it.
- Install the libraries using
pip install -r requirements.txt - Run the app using
python app.py - The project runs on localhost:5000