jusChat

This is a node.js chat application powered by Socket.io and Express that provides the main functions you'd expect from a group chat, such as emojis, Inviting friends to group.

Table of contents

• General info
• Screenshots
• Technologies
• Setup
• Features
• Contact

General info

This project was created to develop understanding with socket.io and real time communication.

Screenshots

Technologies

Frontend

• React
• React-emoji
• socket.io-client
• react-scrollable-feed

Backend

• Express
• socket.io

Setup

To Run locally, firstly you need to clone the project use below command to clone the project
git clone https://github.com/ranjithkumark8/jusChat.git <your_directory_name>

• Nagivate to the frontend folder and install required packages using npm install and run the application using npm start
• Similarly, navigate to backend folder and install required packages using npm install and run the server using npm run server

Features

• Instant delivery of message
• Sending emoji
• Simple UI

To-do list:

• Need to integrate with the database.
• Instead of showing an error message, allow users to join groups if they refresh the tab while in the chat page.

Contact

Created by @Ranjith Kumar - feel free to contact me!