/flashback-chat

Primary LanguageJavaScriptBSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" LicenseBSD-3-Clause

Flashback Chat

A simple web chat app reminiscent of AOL including emojis :) (of course)

Demo

To view a live hosted instance of the app, visit this link.

Tech stack

  • Flashback Chat is built with React/Flux on the front-end and Node/Express on the back-end.
  • There is a PostgreSQL database set up with Sequelize.
  • Socket.io enables real-time chat.
  • Gulp is used to automate the build.

Development

To run locally:

  1. npm install
  2. bower install
  3. set up PostgreSQL database named 'chatApp' with user-name 'chatter1'
  4. use command 'gulp' to start server
  5. app runs on localhost:3000