lindsaymergy / simplechatserver

Establishes a basic chat server in Node.js using the 'net' module. This server is designed to handle client connections and facilitate communication over a TCP connection. It listens on port 8080 and displays a "server is listening" message upon initialization.

SimpleChatServer

Establishes a basic chat server in Node.js using the 'net' module. This server is designed to handle client connections and facilitate communication over a TCP connection. It listens on port 8080 and displays a "server is listening" message upon initialization.

Explanation of functionality:

It uses the 'net' module to create a TCP server. The server listens on port 8080, and when it's ready, it logs "server is listening." The server handles client connections as follows:

• When a client connects, it logs "client connected."
• It sends a welcome message to the client.
• It sets up a data event listener on the client connection to handle incoming messages.
• When data is received from a client, it broadcasts the message to all connected clients except the sender.

TODO: handle client disconnections gracefully:

• There's an 'end' event listener to handle client disconnections, but the implementation needs improvement. Currently t attempts to remove disconnected clients from the 'sockets' array, but there are issues with this part of the code.