diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ccbe46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/node_modules/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 299362a..d8b3d66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 # project_superchat
 Build a realtime multi-room chat application. Make it super.
+
+Richard Bell
+
+To run, clone repo
+Install Redis
+npm start
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+var express = require('express');
+var path = require('path');
+var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
+var logger = require('morgan');
+var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
+var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+
+var index = require('./routes/index');
+var users = require('./routes/users');
+
+var app = express();
+var server = require('http').Server(app);
+var io = require('socket.io')(server);
+
+const dataMgr = require('./bin/dataMgr');
+// dispatcher for IO requests from client_sockets
+io.on('connection', client => {
+  console.log("New connection!")
+
+  client.on('addRoom', (roomName) => {
+    dataMgr.addRoom(roomName).then(function(){
+      io.emit('newRoom', roomName);
+    });
+  });
+
+  client.on('getMessages', (roomName) => {
+    dataMgr.getMessages(roomName).then(function(data){
+      client.emit('messageList', data);
+    })
+  });
+
+  client.on('sendMessage', (message) => {
+    dataMgr.sendMessage(message.room, message.user, message.text).then(function(data){
+      io.emit('newMessage', {room: message.room, user: message.user, text: message.text});
+    })
+  });
+});
+
+// view engine setup
+app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
+app.set('view engine', 'hbs');
+
+// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
+//app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
+app.use(function(req, res, next){
+  res.io = io;
+  req.io = io;
+  next();
+});
+app.use(logger('dev'));
+app.use(bodyParser.json());
+app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
+app.use(cookieParser());
+app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
+
+app.use('/', index);
+app.use('/users', users);
+
+// catch 404 and forward to error handler
+app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+  var err = new Error('Not Found');
+  err.status = 404;
+  next(err);
+});
+
+// error handler
+app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
+  // set locals, only providing error in development
+  res.locals.message = err.message;
+  res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {};
+
+  // render the error page
+  res.status(err.status || 500);
+  res.render('error');
+});
+
+module.exports = {app: app, server: server};
diff --git a/bin/dataMgr.js b/bin/dataMgr.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7a6979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/dataMgr.js
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+const redisClient = require("redis").createClient();
+const debug = require('debug')('dataMgr');
+const ROOMKEY = "rooms";
+const USERKEY = "users";
+
+// uncomment for clean-up
+// redisClient.flushall();
+
+// promise returns 1 for room add 0 for duplicate room
+function addRoom(room) {
+  debug(`requesting add room "${room}"`);
+  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+    redisClient.sadd(ROOMKEY, room, function(err, data) {
+      if (err) reject(err);
+      debug(`room added "${room}"`);
+      resolve(data);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+// promise returns array with list of rooms
+function listRooms() {
+  debug(`requesting room list`);
+  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+    redisClient.smembers(ROOMKEY, function(err, data) {
+      if (err) reject(err);
+      debug('returning room list');
+      resolve(data);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function addUser(userName, userProfile) {
+  debug(`adding new user "${userName}" with profile ${userProfile}`);
+  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+    redisClient.hset(USERKEY, userName, JSON.stringify(userProfile), function(err, data) {
+      if (err) reject(err);
+      debug(`user added "${userName}"`);
+      resolve(data);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+// promise returns object containing the profile associated with userName or Null object if doesn't exist
+function getUser(userName) {
+  debug(`requesting user "${userName}"`);
+  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+    redisClient.hget(USERKEY, userName, function( err, data) {
+      if (err) reject(err);
+      debug(`user "${userName}" returned with profile ${data}`);
+      resolve(JSON.parse(data));
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+// promise returns 1 if user exists and 0 otherwise
+function isUser(userName) {
+  debug(`checking user exists "${userName}"`);
+  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+    redisClient.hexists(USERKEY, userName, function (err, data) {
+      if (err) reject(err);
+      debug(`user "${userName}" hexist with response ${data}`);
+      resolve(data);
+    })
+  });
+}
+
+// promise resolves to number for message added where number is count of messages in room
+function sendMessage(roomName, userName, msgText) {
+  debug(`sending message "${msgText}" to room "${roomName}" from user "${userName}"`);
+  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+    let message = {text: msgText,
+                   sender: userName,
+                   sentTime: Date.now() };
+    redisClient.rpush(roomName, JSON.stringify(message), function (err, data) {
+      if (err) reject(err);
+      debug(`sent "${msgText}" to "${roomName}" from "${userName}"`);
+      resolve(data);
+    })
+  });
+}
+
+// promise resolves to array containing message objects
+function getMessages(roomName) {
+  debug(`requesting messages for "${roomName}"`);
+  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+    redisClient.lrange(roomName, 0, -1, function(err,data) {
+      if (err) reject(err);
+      debug(`messages for room "${roomName}" are "${data}"`);
+      let msgList = [];
+      data.forEach(function(message) {
+        msgList.push(JSON.parse(message));
+      });
+      resolve(msgList);
+    })
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  addRoom,
+  listRooms,
+  addUser,
+  getUser,
+  isUser,
+  sendMessage,
+  getMessages
+};
+
+
+/*
+sendMessage('test room', 'fred', 'hello world').then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+sendMessage('test room', 'george', 'Goodbye cruel world').then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+getMessages('test room').then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+
+addUser('fred', {fullname: 'Fred Smith', createDate: Date.now()}).then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+
+getUser('fred').then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+
+getUser('george').then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+
+isUser('fred').then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+isUser('george').then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+
+addRoom("test").then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+addRoom("test1").then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+addRoom("test1").then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+});
+listRooms().then(function(data){
+  console.log(data);
+  process.exit();
+});
+*/
diff --git a/bin/www b/bin/www
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..78f4759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/www
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Module dependencies.
+ */
+
+var app = require('../app').app;
+var debug = require('debug')('project-superchat:server');
+var http = require('http');
+
+/**
+ * Get port from environment and store in Express.
+ */
+
+var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT || '3000');
+app.set('port', port);
+
+/**
+ * Create HTTP server.
+ */
+
+var server = require('../app').server;
+
+/**
+ * Listen on provided port, on all network interfaces.
+ */
+
+server.listen(port);
+server.on('error', onError);
+server.on('listening', onListening);
+
+/**
+ * Normalize a port into a number, string, or false.
+ */
+
+function normalizePort(val) {
+  var port = parseInt(val, 10);
+
+  if (isNaN(port)) {
+    // named pipe
+    return val;
+  }
+
+  if (port >= 0) {
+    // port number
+    return port;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Event listener for HTTP server "error" event.
+ */
+
+function onError(error) {
+  if (error.syscall !== 'listen') {
+    throw error;
+  }
+
+  var bind = typeof port === 'string'
+    ? 'Pipe ' + port
+    : 'Port ' + port;
+
+  // handle specific listen errors with friendly messages
+  switch (error.code) {
+    case 'EACCES':
+      console.error(bind + ' requires elevated privileges');
+      process.exit(1);
+      break;
+    case 'EADDRINUSE':
+      console.error(bind + ' is already in use');
+      process.exit(1);
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Event listener for HTTP server "listening" event.
+ */
+
+function onListening() {
+  var addr = server.address();
+  var bind = typeof addr === 'string'
+    ? 'pipe ' + addr
+    : 'port ' + addr.port;
+  debug('Listening on ' + bind);
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84924f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "project-superchat",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node ./bin/www"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "body-parser": "~1.17.1",
+    "cookie-parser": "~1.4.3",
+    "debug": "^2.6.6",
+    "express": "^4.15.2",
+    "hbs": "~4.0.1",
+    "morgan": "~1.8.1",
+    "redis": "^2.7.1",
+    "serve-favicon": "~2.4.2",
+    "socket.io": "^2.0.1",
+    "socket.io-client": "^2.0.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/public/javascripts/client_sockets.js b/public/javascripts/client_sockets.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0aec87f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/client_sockets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:3000')
+var activeRoom = null;
+var activeUser = $('.username').html();
+
+console.log(activeUser);
+
+socket.on('updateCount', function(data) {
+  $('#' + data.shortURL + '-count').html(data.count)
+});
+
+socket.on('newRoom', function(data) {
+  $('#roomList').append('<li class="list-group-item">' + data + '<button type="button" class="btn btn-info button-format btn-xs room-button" name="' + data + '">Show</button></li>');
+});
+
+socket.on('messageList', function(data) {
+  console.log(data);
+  if (data.length !== 0) {
+    data.forEach(function(entry) {
+      $('#messageList').append('<li class="list-group-item message-detail"><b>' + entry.sender + '</b>: ' + entry.text + '</li>');
+    });
+  };
+});
+
+socket.on('newMessage', function(data) {
+  if (activeRoom === data.room) {
+    $('#messageList').append('<li class="list-group-item message-detail"><b>' + data.user + '</b>: ' + data.text + '</li>');
+  } else {
+    let selector = '[name="' + data.room + '"]';
+    $(selector).removeClass('btn-info');
+    $(selector).addClass('btn-warning');
+  }
+});
+
+
+$('#addRoom').click(function() {
+  let roomName = $('#roomValue').val();
+  socket.emit('addRoom', roomName);
+  $('#roomValue').val('');
+});
+
+$('#sendMessage').click(function() {
+  let messageTxt = $('#messageToSend').val();
+  if (activeRoom === null) {
+    alert("Select a room first!")
+  } else {
+    socket.emit('sendMessage', {user: activeUser, room: activeRoom, text: messageTxt});
+    $('#messageToSend').val('');
+  }
+
+});
+
+$(document).on("click", '.room-button', function() {
+  let roomName = $(this).attr("name");
+  activeRoom = roomName;
+  let selector = '[name="' + roomName + '"]';
+  $(selector).removeClass('btn-warning');
+  $(selector).addClass('btn-info');
+  $('.message-detail').remove();
+  socket.emit('getMessages', roomName);
+  $('#messageRoomName').html(': ' + roomName);
+});
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/style.css b/public/stylesheets/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d79175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/stylesheets/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+body {
+  padding: 50px;
+  font: 14px "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+}
+
+a {
+  color: #00B7FF;
+}
+
+.navbar-padding {
+  padding-right: 20px;
+}
+
+.row-spacing {
+  padding: 20px;
+}
+
+.username {
+  color: cornflowerblue;
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+.boxed {
+  border: 1px;
+  border-style: solid;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  border-color: black;
+}
+
+.padded {
+  padding: 5px;
+}
+
+.button-format{
+  float: right;
+
+}
diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43365d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+var express = require('express');
+var router = express.Router();
+const debug = require('debug')('users');
+const dataMgr = require('../bin/dataMgr');
+
+/* GET home page. */
+router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
+
+    dataMgr.isUser(req.cookies.username).then(function(data) {
+      if (data) {
+        debug(`logged in with profile`);
+        let pList = [];
+        pList.push(dataMgr.getUser(req.cookies.username));
+        pList.push(dataMgr.listRooms());
+        Promise.all(pList).then(function(data) {
+          res.render('index', {
+            title: 'Super Chat',
+            username: req.cookies.username,
+            greeting: data[0].firstname + ' ' + data[0].lastname,
+            firstname: data[0].firstname,
+            lastname: data[0].lastname,
+            rooms: data[1]
+          });
+        })
+      } else {
+        res.clearCookie("username");
+        res.render('index', {
+          title: 'Super Chat',
+          username: null,
+          greeting: null,
+          firstname: null,
+          lastname: null
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/routes/users.js b/routes/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..809258d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+var express = require('express');
+var router = express.Router();
+const debug = require('debug')('users');
+const dataMgr = require('../bin/dataMgr');
+
+/* user validation */
+router.post('/', function(req, res, next) {
+  // check that username in login form exists --> if it does set cookie and redirect to home
+  // otherwise show profile page to create user
+  debug(`looking for user`);
+  dataMgr.isUser(req.body.username).then(function(data){
+    if (data === 1) {
+      debug(`${req.body.username} exists`);
+      res.cookie("username", req.body.username);
+      res.redirect("/");
+    } else {
+      debug(`${req.body.username} does not exist`);
+      res.render('users', { title: 'Super Chat: Create Profile',
+                            update: false,
+                            greeting: 'New User',
+                            username: req.body.username,
+                            firstname: 'First Name',
+                            lastname: 'Last Name',
+                            createdDate: new Date(Date.now())
+                            });
+    };
+  });
+});
+
+router.get('/profile/:username', function(req, res, next) {
+  debug(`display profile info for "${req.params.username}"`);
+  dataMgr.getUser(req.params.username).then(function(data) {
+    res.render('users', { title: 'Super Chat: User Profile',
+                          update: true,
+                          greeting: data.firstname,
+                          username: req.params.username,
+                          firstname: data.firstname,
+                          lastname: data.lastname,
+                          createdDate: new Date(data.created) });
+  });
+});
+
+router.post('/profile/:username', function(req, res, next) {
+  debug(`saving user profile for ${req.params.username}`);
+  let profile = {firstname: req.body.firstname,
+                 lastname: req.body.lastname,
+                 created: Date.now()};
+  dataMgr.addUser(req.params.username, profile).then(function(data) {
+    res.cookie("username", req.params.username);
+    res.redirect("/");
+  });
+});
+
+router.get('/logout', function(req, res, next){
+  debug(`loging user "${req.cookies.username}" out`);
+  res.clearCookie("username");
+  res.redirect("/");
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/views/error.hbs b/views/error.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0659765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/error.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<h1>{{message}}</h1>
+<h2>{{error.status}}</h2>
+<pre>{{error.stack}}</pre>
diff --git a/views/index.hbs b/views/index.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ce2cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/index.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<div class="row row-spacing">
+
+</div>
+{{#if username}}
+<div class="row">
+  <div class="col-xs-4">
+    <div class="panel panel-default">
+      <div class="panel-heading">
+        <h3 class="panel-title">Chat Rooms</h3>
+      </div>
+      <div class="panel-body">
+        <form class="form-inline">
+          <input type="text" class="form-control" name="roomName" id="roomValue" placeholder="New Room Name">
+          <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" id="addRoom">Create Room</button>
+        </form>
+        
+      </div>
+      <ul class="list-group" id="roomList">
+        {{#each rooms}}
+          <li class="list-group-item">{{this}}<button type="button" class="btn btn-info button-format btn-xs room-button" name='{{this}}'>Show</button></li>
+        {{/each}}
+      </ul>
+      <div class="padded">
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+
+  </div>
+  <div class="col-xs-4">
+    <div class="panel panel-default">
+      <div class="panel-heading">
+        <h3 class="panel-title">Messages<span id="messageRoomName"></span></h3>
+      </div>
+      <div class="panel-body">
+        <ul class="list-group" id="messageList">
+
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+
+
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="col-xs-4">
+    <div class="panel panel-default">
+      <div class="panel-heading">
+        <h3 class="panel-title">Chat</h3>
+      </div>
+      <div class="panel-body">
+        <form class="">
+          <div class="form-group">
+                  <textarea rows="5" class="form-control" id="messageToSend" placeholder="Type Your Message"></textarea>
+          </div>
+          <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" id="sendMessage">Send</button>
+        </form>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+
+
+{{else}}
+<h3>Please sign in first!</h3>
+{{/if}}
diff --git a/views/layout.hbs b/views/layout.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2afd1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/layout.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+  <!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags -->
+
+
+  <!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">
+
+  <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
+  <!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
+  <!--[if lt IE 9]>
+      <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
+      <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
+    <![endif]-->
+
+  <title>{{title}}</title>
+  <link rel='stylesheet' href='/stylesheets/style.css' />
+</head>
+
+<body>
+  <nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top navbar-inverse">
+  <div class="container-fluid">
+    <div class="navbar-header">
+      <a class="navbar-brand" href="/">
+        {{title}}
+      </a>
+    </div>
+    {{#if username}}
+    <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
+      <li><p class="navbar-text navbar-right navbar-padding">{{greeting}} signed in as <a href="/users/profile/{{username}}" class="username">{{username}}</a></p>
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        <form class="navbar-form navbar-right navbar-padding" role="login" action="/users/logout" method="get">
+
+        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Log Out</button>
+        </form>
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+
+    {{else}}
+    <form class="navbar-form navbar-right" role="login" action="/users" method="post">
+    <div class="form-group">
+      <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Username" name="username">
+    </div>
+    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Log In</button>
+    </form>
+    {{/if}}
+  </div>
+
+</nav>
+  <div class="container">
+
+      {{{body}}}
+  </div>
+
+
+  <!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) -->
+  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
+  <!-- Include all compiled plugins (below), or include individual files as needed -->
+  <!-- Latest compiled and minified JavaScript -->
+  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-Tc5IQib027qvyjSMfHjOMaLkfuWVxZxUPnCJA7l2mCWNIpG9mGCD8wGNIcPD7Txa" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+  <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
+  <script src="/javascripts/client_sockets.js"></script>
+
+</body>
+
+</html>
diff --git a/views/users.hbs b/views/users.hbs
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+<div class="row">
+  <div class="col-xs-9">
+    <h1>Welcome, {{greeting}}!</h1>
+    {{#unless update}}
+      <p>Please create a profile below!</p>
+      {{else}}
+        <p>Please update your info below!</p>
+    {{/unless}}
+  </div>
+</div>
+<div class="row row-spacing">
+  <div class="col-xs-9">
+
+  </div>
+</div>
+<div class="row">
+  <div class="col-xs-8">
+    <form class="form-horizontal" action="/users/profile/{{username}}" method="post">
+      <div class="form-group">
+        <label for="userName" class="col-xs-2 control-label">Username</label>
+        <div class="col-xs-5">
+          <input type="text" class="form-control" id="userName" placeholder="{{username}}" name="userName" readonly>
+        </div>
+
+      </div>
+      <div class="form-group">
+        <label for="userFirstname" class="col-xs-2 control-label">{{firstname}}</label>
+        <div class="col-xs-5">
+          <input type="text" class="form-control" id="userFirstname" placeholder="First name" name="firstname">
+        </div>
+
+      </div>
+      <div class="form-group">
+        <label for="userLastname" class="col-xs-2 control-label">{{lastname}}</label>
+        <div class="col-xs-5">
+          <input type="text" class="form-control" id="userLastname" placeholder="Last Name" name="lastname">
+
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <div class="form-group">
+        <label for="created" class="col-xs-2 control-label">Created</label>
+        <div class="col-xs-5">
+          <input type="text" class="form-control" id="created" placeholder="{{createdDate}}" name="created" readonly>
+        </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="col-xs-offset-6">
+    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Save</button>
+  </div>
+
+
+
+
+    </form>
+  </div>
+
+</div>