Real Time Chat Application
It is a real time chat application with personal and group chatting.It supports sending text messages and pictures. Based on the ideology of Slack, users can create and join multiple groups - this helps to keep common stuff separate among concerned users. It uses JS Sockets for real time communication among users.It also has push notifications on new messages.
Hosted on http://dbms.vasusharma.me/
Members
- Vasu Sharma - 111803127
- Vasvi Gupta - 111803128
This is Database Management System Course Project
Tech Stack Used
- React for Frontend
- Javascript Sockeyts for real time communication
- Express framework for backend
- MySQL database
- Hosted on AWS
Features
- Make Groups
- Send group or personal messages
- send pictures
- emojis also supported
- users can join multiple groups and hence keep separate groups for different works.
Requirements
- NodeJS v12.8.1
- npm package manager v6.14.8
- MySQL Ver 8.0.22
Installation Guide
- Download the zip file and extract it.
- Go to the rtca-dbms-master folder and open the terminal(Terminal 1) in it.
- Run the following command to install all dependencies:
npm install
- To setup the database in MySQL, run the following command in the terminal
mysql < main.sql
- Go to the rtca-dbms-master/backend folder and open the terminal(Terminal 2) in it.
To install all the backend dependencies, run the following command in terminal - npm install
- Run the following command to run the server:
node index.js
- Go to Terminal 1 and run the following command to start the app:
npm start
- For multiple users, open multiple terminals just like Terminal 1 and run the command npm start
How it is different from other chat applications ?
- You can make different groups for family/work. You can be a part of different groups at the same time. Based on ideology of Slack.
- Users in a group can interact with personal messages as well as have a group chat
- Having a different groups for different purposes helps to keep things organised.