NatBee/Babble

Babble is a chat app built with:

• ReactJS front end
• NodeJS(v11.13.0) and Express back end
• Socket.io
• PostgreSQL database
• Knex

To get started:

• clone repository
• npm install

Build the database:

• npm install -g knex
• npm install knex pg --save
• npm nodemon --save-dev
• psql
• CREATE DATABASE babblebox
• \q
• [knex migrate:latest](#knex migrate:latest)

To start the App:

• npm run dev
  • this starts both the react and express servers
  • Open http://localhost:3000 to view in the browser.
  • start chatting