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Chatty App

Chatty App allow users to communicate with each other without having to register accounts. It uses React, a popular front-end library created and used heavily by Facebook as well as modern tools for Node including Webpack and Babel.

Functional information:

  • Primarily a client-side SPA (single-page app) built with ReactJS.

    • Styles Based on HTML and CSS.
    • Contains a chat log displaying messages and notifications.
    • Contains an input field to change your name and an input field to send a message.

  • The client-side app communicates with a server via WebSockets for multi-user real-time updates.

  • No persistent database is involved; the focus is on the client-side experience

Install the dependencies and start the server.

npm install
npm start
open http://localhost:3000

Start

To start Chatty App, clone or download this repository, install the dependencies for Webpack, Websocket and start the server.

In the main folder:

npm install
npm start
open http://localhost:3000

In chatty_server folder:

npm install
npm start
open http://localhost:3001

Dependencies

Webpack:

  • babel-core
  • babel-loader
  • babel-preset-es2015
  • babel-preset-react
  • css-loader
  • node-sass
  • sass-loader
  • sockjs-client
  • style-loader
  • react
  • react-dom
  • webpack
  • webpack-dev-server

Websocket:

  • express
  • ws
  • uuid

Screenshots

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