suchana34 / realtime-chat-app

A real time chat application based on React.js, Express and Socket.IO

Real Time Chat Application

This is a code repository for the corresponding webinar dated 30th March 2020.

Setting up the Basic Development Environment (Localhost)

• Clone this repository locally.
• Pre-requisits : Node.js & NPM Installed for your operating system. Refer Node's documentation for the same.
• Open Command Prompt or Terminal and navigate to the folder 'server' (cd server).
• Hit npm i to install the required packages and dependencies.
• Do the same under the folder 'client' (cd client && npm i).
• Once done, open two terminal windows and run cd client && npm start and cd server && npm start respectively.

Required Packages & Dependencies

Please install all the required dependencies using npm i for getting started.
To build the React App use npm run build for a production build.

A Big Shout Out to Adrian Hajdin for his Tutorial of Creating a Realtime Chat App Using Socket.IO.