/Node-Chat

Chat room built using NodeJS and ExpressJS

Primary LanguageHTML

Simple chat server

Creating a simple chat server using node and express.

#Installation

1.In terminal clone repo to your directory:

git clone https://github.com/alexthedar/nodejschat.git

2.Change to that directory: cd your directory

3.Install dependencies:
npm install

4.Run npm start

5.Go to page in browser: http://localhost:8080/

#Abilities Users can input a username and then join a chat room. Text messages (only) can be input into the text box and sent to any other users that are logged into the chatroom.

#Next Steps Styling is currently non responsive set for a desktop computer. Do not like alert popup. namecheck not working. Next steps are: make site responsive, create join page to eliminate prompt popup, make site available live on web, fix namecheck.