bkduncan / chatroom

chatroom

This is a chatroom application developed with node.js and react.js.

How to run

Setup

• Install node 12.x.x and the latest yarn
• Clone the repository

Backend

• cd into the backend folder and run yarn install to obtain all the dependencies
• enter yarn start to run the node backend

Frontend

• cd into the frontend folder and run yarn install to obtain all the dependencies
• enter yarn start to run the react frontend
• open a chrome or firefox browser at localhost:3000

Features

• Each user has a username and color that are persistant across all clients (everyone can see your color if it changes)
• /nick [USERNAME] command to change your username in the chat
• /nickcolor [ABC or AABBCC] command to change your username color in the chat (accepts 3 or 6 hex characters)
• Username and color are saved in cookies that persist after closing the app
• Chat users are given a private error message if they enter a command incorrectly
• Automatic scrolling when new messages are entered
• Old chat messages are stored in memory by the server so everyone has a record of old messages
• The system announces when users enter or leave the chat