Client-Server App

A client-server chat written in Java.

How to use the app

Prerequisites

• Install Gradle
• Clone the repo with git clone git@github.com:Gabbendorf/Java-Client-Server-App.git
• run gradle jar to build the program

Run the EchoServer

• In your terminal session, start the server with java -jar build/libs/EchoServer.jar server
• The server will keep running for new connections

Connect to the server

• Open a new terminal session and connect to the server with java -jar build/libs/EchoServer.jar <your name>
• Enter something on the terminal and hit enter: the server will echo your message!
• You can connect up to 10 clients simultaneously. The server will echo all their messages in order

Commands for the user

#quit from the client: stops the connection between the client and the server Control-C from the server: quits the server