sheldoncoates/PhatChat

Anonymous chat client that allows users to create their own chat rooms and talk to anyone.

PhatChat

Anonymous chat rooms to demonstrate Socket.io and web-workers.

Table of Contents

• About the Project
  • Built With
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• Contact
• Acknowledgements

About The Project

PhatChat was created to demonstrate how Socket.io manages connections in conjunction with web-workers. PhatChat is anonymous and allows users to create their own chat rooms and talk to anybody.

Built With

PhatChat was built using the following technologies:

• JavaScript
• Socket.io

Getting Started

If you'd like to have PhatChat run locally on your machine (for fun or whatever), make sure you have the following prerequisites before trying to do installation.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have:

• Node.js

Installation

1. Once you've cloned PhatChat onto your machine, cd into the PhatChat directory and run: npm install. This will install all necessary dependencies.
2. Next run: node index in the terminal window and PhatChat should now be hosted at http://localhost:4200/

Contact

Sheldon Coates - LinkedIn - sjrcoates@gmail.com

Acknowledgements

• Socket.io