ChatApp

This is a live instant messaging application, with authorization from Autho, and a frontend client.

Technologies Used

Frontend

React With Hooks (for ui rendering and state management)
Typescript (to make javascript type-safe)
Styled components (for styling )
Socket.io client for instant real-time updates

Backend

Express(Node) as the framework
Mongodb as the database
Typescript
Socket.io server for install realtime updates

Middleware

Auth0 for authentication/authorization for both frontend/backend

Setting up project locally

1. git clone https://github.com/vanderkilu/chatire.git.
2. cd <cloned-directory>
3. cp example.env .env [This will create a .env file for the server using the example.env]
4. cd ui and run cp example.env .env [This will create a .env for the client/ui using the example.env]

Starting db

This assumes you have mongodb installed

on unix you can start mongodb by running sudo service mongod start or you can use brew services start mongodb if you installed it via homebrew on mac or mongo.exe on cmd on windows

more info on how to get started with mongodb here

Running the server

npm install
npm run dev

server should now run on port :8080

Running the client/frontend

cd ui
npm install
npm run start

client should start on port :3000

NB: The socket connection expects the server to run on port :8080 and the client/frontend to run on port :3000

NB: You probably will have to create two Auth0 accounts in order to test this application