UWChat
UWChat is a chatroom service built using Node.js.
As of Dec 17th, 2010 the implementation is available at http://www.uwchat.ca.
Authors
The project was built by 7 Cubed Project, a week long hackathon involving seven University of Waterloo students.
Big thanks to Ryan Dahl, whose Node Chat code was instrumental to this project.
Contact 7cubedproject@gmail.com or gilbert.kf.leung@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns.
Project Status
It's unclear where this project is headed, which is why we've open sourced it.
The file structure is self-explanatory; the code is not. The code was put together in a day, so it may be misleading, annoying, or downright ugly. We apologize for any inconveniences.
Running UWChat
- Install Node.js
- Install MongoDB
- Install node-mongodb-native
- Run "node backend/server.js"
Note: Steps 2-3 can be omitted if one takes out the 2-3 logging statements in server.js
License
See file LICENSE-MIT.