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Any suggestions for tips or resources to structure team or multi-user web apps? Particularly as it relates to transitioning from single-user to multi-user?
Thanks for any input!
Think like this,
1 user belongs to a "Team of 1"
5 user belong to a "Team of 5".
So your app's main entity (or main customer) is basically; "a Team". People pay for having a "team" in your app.
Very simple database structure is (assuming you are using a relational DB):
Team > id, max_member (assume you have different plans for each team size), created_at, payment_info ... etc
User > id, team_id, name, email, etc....
Now you can subscribe each of your user to a different team. (They are first member of that team)
They can invite (let's say via email) other people
if "number_of_current_members_of_the_team < max_member"
You can create roles for team (just put another column to user table, team_role).
Now you can show a link in the UI if user_role == 1 (let's say it stands for admin role) and by following this link they can reach to team settings page so they can add/remove new users, update billing info etc..
I hope this answers your question, and helps
Excellent advice. Thank you!
I was looking at utilizing roles, but was stuck on building the "team" dynamically in the session. Your outline makes much more sense.
Glad that it helps