Real-Time-Chatapp

Description

A web application for real-time chat communication built with React and Socket.IO, which allows users to sign up, add friends, and talk with them in real-time.

Packages

• client – React.js Chakra UI as frontend
• server – Node.js-Express as backend

How it works

• Front-End: React.js and Chakra UI
• Back-End: Node.js / Express.js / Socket.io
• Authenticaion: JWT
• Database: PostgreSQL and Redis

Installation

• Clone the repository
• CD into the repository and run npm install
• Make sure redis is installed in your system redis-cli functions properly
• Create a postgres database and a table called users.
• Create a file named .env in ./packages/server and make sure it has the following variables defined:
  
  DATABASE_NAME=
  
  DATABASE_HOST=
  
  DATABASE_USER=
  
  DATABASE_PASSWORD=
  
  DATABASE_PORT=
  
  JWT_SECRET=
• Run npm start for frontend and npm run dev for backend