Texting App (Real Time Chat)

Required Software (Download Link)

Cloning the project on local machine

Open command prompt or terminal on a directory.
Run command git clone https://github.com/tamim36/TextingApp.git on the terminal to clone the project on that directory.

Backend Setup

This project was generated with Asp.NET 5 . (C#)

Open TextingAppBackend/TextingApp.sln sln on visual studio.

Edit DB Connection String

Go to TextingAppBackend => TextingApp directory, open appsettings.json file.
Find this section- "ConnectionStrings": { "TextingAppDB": "Server=<Server_name>;Database=TextingApp;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;" },
Enter database server name in the place of <server_name>. Ther server name can be found on sql server management studio.

Importing database

Click on textingAppDb.sql on the toolbar of Sql server management studio. This will open a new script window.
Copy the script of script.sql file (inside TextingAppBackend directory) on the script window.
Now click on Execute query. This will create the database for the project.

How to run the project with visual studio

To start the project double click and run the TextingApp.sln file with visual studio .
Run the project with IISExpress by clicking on the IISExpress button on the toolbar of visual studio.

Frontend Setup

This project was generated with Angular cli version 10.0.1.

Installing packages

Open the TextingAppFr project with VS code.
Click on terminal on the top toolbar
A terminal will open on the bottom side of VS code. Run command npm install on terminal to install the packages. (This may take some time).

Run the project on Development server

*After the package has been installed run npm start or ng serve on the terminal to run the project on a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/ on your browser.

It needs to run both TextingAppBackend and TextingAppFr project at the same time to make the project functional.

Build

Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the --prod flag for a production build.

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