namanrox/chat

Chat with anyone in the respective room of Gaming, Coding or Social Media (for entertainment purpose).

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Environmental Setup

• The website is developed in VS Code.

How to setup in local environment

• Download and install a code/text editor.
  • Recommended -
    • Download VS Code
    • Download Atom
• Download Node Js and npm(Node package manager) (npm gets installed by default on downloading Node)
• Clone the repository by running the command:

git clone https://github.com/namanrox/chat.git

in your GitBash or terminal of VS Code.

Front-End

• Run the command cd FE
• Run npm install to install all the dependencies.
• Run npm start to start it on localhost:3000.
• Now you are set to use it locally.
• But in order to make it your own, change all the dependencies to your name.

Back-End

• Run the command cd BE
• Run npm install cors express socket.io to install all the required dependencies.
• Go to package.json file and add the script "start": "nodemon index.js" inside scripts.
• Run npm start to start the backend server.
• Check for App started at port {provider} to know whether the port is connected properly or not with the front-end.
• Now you are set to use it locally.