SSE Chat App

sse_chat_app.mp4

Introduction

This chat application is a demontration of how we can create a chat application without using websockets. It uses Server Sent Events(SSE) which is a technology enabling client(s) to receive updates in realtime from server. It is a one way communication protocol in which only server can send data to clients. It is fast and very easy to implement and does not requires any additional libraies.

Technologies

• React
• Typescript
• TailwindCSS
• Zustand
• Express

Testing

You can test this app by cloning it and then running following commands in 2 separate terminals

1. pnpm install
2. pnpm run dev
3. nodemon server/index.js

Additional

TOKEN_SECRET is provided in .env file intentionally in case you do not want to create one manually.