Discussion Forum with AI

Explore how we build fully functional applications using AI tools like Loveable.dev, Claude.ai, and Cursor in hours instead of weeks.

Introduction

Building a Fully Functional Discussion Forum with AI

Today we will go through the AI tools used to build a fully functional Discussion Forum.

Building a fully functional Discussion Board in a few hours is achievable using specific AI tools.

Our approach utilized Loveable.dev for a clean, scalable frontend UI, Claude.ai for database schema generation based on discussion flow, and Cursor (The AI Code Editor) for API development.

Discussion Forum UI

Live Demo

How AI is changing software development

AI Tools • 2 hours ago • 120 replies

Best practices for prompt engineering

Development • 4 hours ago

Cursor vs traditional IDEs

Tools • 6 hours ago

Process

End-to-End AI Workflow

Design UI with Loveable.dev

Create responsive discussion forum interface

Generate Schema with Claude.ai

Build optimized database structure

Build APIs with Cursor

Develop backend endpoints and logic

Integrate APIs with Frontend

Connect UI with backend services

Fully Functional Discussion Forum Ready

Complete working application

Technology Stack

AI Tools Used

Loveable.dev (AI Web App Builder)

Employed for designing the frontend UI and pages.

Claude.ai (Conversational AI)

Used to construct the database schema, aligning with the planned discussion flow.

Cursor (AI Code Editor)

Leveraged as an AI-powered code editor to build all necessary APIs based on the generated database schema.

Practical Examples

Prompts in Action

Carefully crafted prompts drove accurate results across frontend, database, and APIs.

To achieve the desired results with Loveable, meticulous prompt crafting was crucial. We focused on: Being specific and providing ample context Giving clear instructions and defining the purpose Assigning proper tasks and roles Defining the expected output and markers

Code Example

import { useState, useMemo } from 'react';
import { DiscussionCard } from '@/components/Discussion/DiscussionCard';
import { SearchAndFilters } from '@/components/Discussion/SearchAndFilters';
import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
import { mockDiscussions } from '@/data/mockData';

const ITEMS_PER_PAGE = 10;

interface IndexProps {
  user?: {
    name: string;
    email: string;
  } | null;
}

const Index = ({ user }: IndexProps) => {
  const [searchTerm, setSearchTerm] = useState('');
  const [selectedTopic, setSelectedTopic] = useState('All Topics');
  const [sortBy, setSortBy] = useState('newest');
  const [currentPage, setCurrentPage] = useState(1);

Act as a backend developer and create a database table schema in MySQL by reviewing the following ‘Discussion Forum’ UI with sections like discussion, topics, replies, likes and views. Schema diagram was supplied Output: schema with tables, indexes, triggers in SQL format Optimized for discussion forum requirements

Code Example

CREATE TABLE discussions (
    id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
    title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    content TEXT,
    topic_id INT,
    user_id INT,
    views_count INT DEFAULT 0,
    replies_count INT DEFAULT 0,
    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    FOREIGN KEY (topic_id) REFERENCES topics(id),
    FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES users(id)
);

Schema diagram was supplied to Cursor for generating Laravel backend controllers and endpoints. Controllers generated for Laravel backend Endpoints requested: discussions list, detail pages, topics, likes, replies User roles and authentication defined

Code Example

{
  "endpoint": "/api/discussions",
  "method": "GET",
  "response": {
    "id": 101,
    "title": "How AI is changing software development",
    "topic": "AI Tools",
    "replies_count": 12,
    "views_count": 245,
    "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
  }
}

Deliverables

Discussion Forum with AI

Building a Fully Functional Discussion Forum with AI

Discussion Forum UI

How AI is changing software development

Best practices for prompt engineering

Cursor vs traditional IDEs

End-to-End AI Workflow

Design UI with Loveable.dev

Generate Schema with Claude.ai

Build APIs with Cursor

Integrate APIs with Frontend

Fully Functional Discussion Forum Ready

AI Tools Used

Loveable.dev (AI Web App Builder)

Claude.ai (Conversational AI)

Cursor (AI Code Editor)

Prompts in Action

Code Example

Code Example

Code Example

Results of Our AI-Powered Discussion Forum

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