REACT: Is it possible to build a community forum with react?

Question

Is it possible to do this in react? And instead of it having a continuous page like Facebook, I want it to have a pages. I want the thread to be grouped into pages. Take a look at this website, it's the best I can use to illustrate what I mean.
https://www.nairaland.com/5871509/please-how-find-mother-never

You can see that the topic is spanned over pages with users comments on the topic.

Update: Guys, how can I implement it (the comments split into pages thing.)
Or is it a database thing?

Answer 1

Yes, you can create a community forum using React. React is a powerful JavaScript library for creating user interfaces that can be used to create various web applications, including forums.

Keep in mind that creating a forum is a complex project that involves frontend and backend development, user authentication, data management, and more. To speed up development, you can take advantage of existing libraries or frameworks that offer forum-specific features.

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Answer 2

Yes. But, I think you will need server or host it on other server. Also you will need database in case of react it probably will be mongo db. (I never used mongo, so for me better sql-like db)

Answer 3

totally possible, but you'll also need understanding for web server/backend and database or at least firebase

Answer 4

It is a big project. Once it take me 1,5 month 2-3 hour work every day. Website of free ads. So go on step by step. Watching youtube tutorials very useful. But more efficient way to buy and read specific book!

Answer 5

I am sure you will find solution

Answer 6

Guys, what do I need to look search for on google to learn how to apply that functionality

Answer 7

The work and time wouldn't really be a problem. What I really need to know is if the user comments can be separated into different pages.

Answer 8

Hi all
Regarding the specific example you provided (https://www.nairaland.com/5871509/please-how-find-mother-never), it seems to use a query parameter in the URL for pagination, and the server responds with the relevant set of comments for that page.

Actually, while React is a great tool for building dynamic user interfaces, the pagination of comments is more of a backend and database concern. You'd need to integrate React with a backend API that supports pagination, and make sure your database queries are optimized for fetching specific subsets of data.

Answer 9

Octopus George,

Yes, absolutely! You can definitely implement a system where user comments are separated into different pages using React.
Here's a simplified example using React state and a fictional fetchComments function:

import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';

const CommentComponent = () => {
const [comments, setComments] = useState([]);
const [currentPage, setCurrentPage] = useState(1);

const fetchComments = async (page) => {
// Make an API request to fetch comments for the specified page
// Update the 'comments' state with the fetched data
// This is a simplified example; you would use your actual API endpoint
const response = await fetch(`/api/comments?page=${page}`);
const data = await response.json();
setComments(data.comments);
};

useEffect(() => {
fetchComments(currentPage);
}, [currentPage]);

return (
<div>
{/* Display comments here */}
{comments.map(comment => (
<div key={comment.id}>{comment.text}</div>
))}

{/* Pagination controls */}
<button onClick={() => setCurrentPage(currentPage - 1)} disabled={currentPage === 1}>
Previous
</button>
<span>Page {currentPage}</span>
<button onClick={() => setCurrentPage(currentPage + 1)}>
Next
</button>
</div>
);
};

export default CommentComponent;

This is a basic example, and you would need to adapt it to your specific backend API and data structure. The key concept is to use React state to manage the current page and update the comments accordingly.