tricepat/gochat

A Golang and React chat application

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gochat

A Golang and React chat application backed by MySQL

Setup

Prerequisites

[MySQL installed] (https://dev.mysql.com/)
[Golang installed] (https://golang.org/doc/install)
[yarn] (https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install) or [npm] (https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node) installed
[webpack] (https://github.com/webpack/webpack) installed

Configure database

Log in to MySQL and create a database 'chat' by running create database chat
Import the chat database structure by running mysql -u <username> -p chat < config/chat_database.sql, replacing <username> with your MySQL username
Export the database data source name used for connecting by running export CHAT_DB_DSN="<username>:<password>@/chat?charset=utf8&parseTime=true", replacing <username> and <password> with your MySQL credentials

Install dependencies

run go install
run yarn install or npm install
run webpack

Start server

go run server.go

Features

Persistent database stores username and messages
Supports multiple connections and broadcasted messages through websockets
On login, shows new (unseen by that user) messages by default. The user may then choose to display all messages.

Resources

[Setting up for React] (https://scotch.io/tutorials/setup-a-react-environment-using-webpack-and-babel)
[Gin] (https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin)
[Melody] (https://github.com/olahol/melody/)
[go-sql-driver] (https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql)
[Go React chat example] (https://github.com/abhishekpillai/go-react-chat-app)

Looking ahead

Application

Incorporate user authentication
Allow user to select number of lines to display in chatroom
Add mute feature

Implementation

Add config file for more customizable usage
Add testing