A basic chat server, hosted from your own computer (see "Setup for Node.js", below, for details).
More features coming...
First, make sure Node.js and npm are installed.
Next, clone this repository or download the .zip into a folder. (if you're downloading the .zip, remember to extract it.)
After, install a couple dependencies:
npm install express
and
npm install --save socket.io
Then, start the server.
node main.js
To test it out, go into your browser and type localhost:3000
.