alejandro-medina / chat

Simple chat application using NodeJs, Express and Socket.io

Socket.io simple Chat

This is a simple socket.io chat application, building during the socket.io example course.

Install

Open a terminal and type the next commands

git clone https://github.com/AlejoMedina98/chat.git
cd chat

Install the dependencies using npm or yarn, in the project root directory

npm install

Then run the project by typing

npm start

Open your browser at http://localhost:3000

Configure

• In the _server/index.js file, line 6 you can set the default port for the application.
• In the _client/main.js file, line 1, you can set the URL to the socket, if you want to try it in your local network, set to you local IP addres

Extra info

The app run with nodemon, you can change the code while runnig the app, it will be restarted for you.