jasonray / chitchat

Overview

chitchat is a typical chat application.

I am building this as an example of using dropwizard [http://bit.ly/WcgD9s]

How-to compile

You can compile using the gradle wrapper or the native gradle

./gradlew clean fatJar

How-to run

./deploy.sh

You may have to grant executable rights chmod a+x deploy.sh

Opening in Eclipse

If you use Eclipse, the gradle scripts are nice enough to create your eclipse project and classpath files.

First time only

If you have gradle installed, run:

./gradlew eclipse

Now you can import the project into eclipse.

Updating classpath files

If you update dependencies, pull the new libs into your classpath:

gradle eclipseClasspath

Configuration

Change port

Command Line

main port: -Ddw.http.port=9090 admin port: -Ddw.http.adminPort=9091

Config File

http:
	port: 9090
	adminPort:9091

chitchat's Issues

send and receive messages

indicator that user is typing a message

tech: migrated from in-memory storage to mongo

pagination when viewing message history

API to allow send message from one user to another

view message

implement basic authentication

UI to allow user to send message (without authentication)