Chat App

This webapp uses React for frontend and nodeJS for backend.

To start:

Step 1

Clone the repository and open 3 terminal windows/tabs at the folder

Step 2

In the first terminal

cd backend

npm install

In the other 2 terminals

cd client

npm install

If nodeJS throws peer deps error then add use

npm install -- legacy-peer-deps

Step 3

Now in all 3 terminals type (in the backend terminal first and then the other two) npm start to start the server If nodeJS says port is in use type y to allow it to use a different one

Step 4

In the browser go to http://localhost:3006/ to chat as user 1 http://localhost:3007/ to chat as user 2

ScreenShots

User 1

User 2

Server