WebSockets Chat App

This app consists in a basic chat app implementation with Web Sockets using socket.io library.
Users are able to connect to the localhost Express server, which assigns a unique socket id to each user, allowing them to send and receive messages in real time.

Built With

  • Node (JS Runtime)
  • Express.js (Web Server)
  • Socket.io (WebSockets library)
  • HTML / CSS

App Screenshot

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Setup instructions

Open a terminal window, go to the location you'd like to add the project and then run the commands below.

git clone https://github.com/noomdalv/websockets_chat.git
cd websockets_chat
npm install
nodemon index

Special Thanks to The Net Ninja for his amazing tutorial.

Author

👤 Vladimir Luna

📝 License

This project is MIT licensed.