Chat Application

A simple chat app made in react and that uses express, socket.io, endcrypt and peer.js for providing video calling service and End-to-End encrypted chat facility.

DISCLAIMER: The webapp only works in desktop environment and does not guarantee quality experience on smart phone.

To setup the app follow the provided steps below.

1. Pre-requisites

   1. Should have NodeJS v10.19.0 or above installed.
   2. Should have NPM v6.14.4 or above installed

2. Install Steps.

   1. Their is two scripts to set everything up, you can use the setup.ps1 for Windows and setup.sh for linux

   2. OR manually follow the steps in the project directory

      1. Install server dependencies

         npm install

      2. Compile source code

         npm run build

      3. Initialize database and prisma client

         npx prisma migrate dev --name init

      4. Install client dependencies

         cd ./web
         npm install

      5. Build production web client

         npm run build

3. Running steps

   1. Run this command in the root of the project

      npm start

   2. Open http://localhost:8000 in the browser.