tandao01262000 / cmpe148-chat-app

Real-Time Chat App with Django Channels

This is a simple real-time chat application built by Potato Power Team using Django Channels for the backend and HTML, CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript for the frontend. It allows users to engage in real-time chat conversations with others.

Team Members:

• Choyee Myae
• Nhan Ha
• Nitisuk Tatiyasuntorn
• Tan Dao

Features

• Real-time chat with WebSocket support.
• User authentication and registration.
• Chat rooms for organizing conversations.
• Simple and intuitive user interface.

Technologies Used

• Django
• Python
• HTML5
• CSS
• JavaScript
• sqlite
• Docker

Prerequisites

Before running this application, ensure you have the following prerequisites installed:

• Python 3.9 or higher
• Django
• Channels
• Docker
• Redis (for WebSocket support)

Getting Started

1. Clone and setup

   1. Clone the project's repository Run git clone https://github.com/your-username/chat-app.git

   2. Set up a virtual environment

      1. Install "virtualenv" library Run pip install virtualenv

      2. Create a virtual environment virtualenv <env_name> (replace <env_name> with the name you'd like to give to your virtual environment)

      3. Activate the virtual environment by running the following command:

         ``<env_name>\Scripts\activate`` for Window
         
          ``source <env_name>/bin/activate`` for Unix or Linux
         

      4. Install dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt

      5. Run the Redis server: docker run --rm -p 6379:6379 redis:7

      6. Run the application:

      Note: Make sure you are in the folder contains the file called "manage.py"

        python manage.py runserver

cmpe148-chat-app's Issues

Data Model for Chat Room, Message

bug

message option(#) is showing in the chat room, need to remove it

There is no issue so if u have one, bring it up here!!!

login

after login, it should go to home page that shows chat rooms