/Real-Time-Chatapp

A web application for real-time chat communication built with React and Socket.IO, which allows users to sign up, add friends, and talk with them in real-time.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Real-Time-Chatapp

Description:

A web application for real-time chat communication built with React and Socket.IO, which allows users to sign up, add friends, and talk with them in real-time.

  • client - React.js Chakra UI as frontend
  • server - Node.js-Express as backend

Technologies used:

  • Front-End: React.js and Chakra UI
  • Back-End: Node.js / Express.js / Socket.io
  • Authenticaion: JWT
  • Database: PostgreSQL and Redis

Installation:

  • Clone the repository
  • CD into the repository and run npm install
  • Make sure redis is installed in your system redis-cli functions properly
  • Create a postgres database and a table called users.
  • Create a file named .env in ./packages/server and make sure it has the following variables defined:
    DATABASE_NAME=
    DATABASE_HOST=
    DATABASE_USER=
    DATABASE_PASSWORD=
    DATABASE_PORT=
    JWT_SECRET=
  • Run npm start for frontend and npm run dev for backend