nxvipin/chatServer

A chat server over TCP written in javascript using node.js

chatServer

A simple chat server over TCP written in JavaScript using node.js

Deployment Instructions

• Install node.js: http://nodejs.org/
• Install node package manager: http://npmjs.org/
• Install carrier module npm install carrier
• Start the server node src/chatServer.js

##Usage Instructions

Connecting to the server

telnet localhost 9999

To send a message to 'USERNAME'

@<USERNAME> <MESSAGE>

To broadcast a message to all online users

@All <MESSAGE>

Reference

Node Tuts by Pedro Teixeira: http://nodetuts.com/tutorials/5-a-basic-tcp-chat-server.html

Author : Vipin Nair swvist@gmail.com