akka-chat

Chat app built using play framework, akka and websocket.

Installation

Create the clone of the project using git command.

 git clone https://github.com/amezng/akka-chat.git
 cd akka-chat

Now, build and run the project using sbt

$ sbt run
[info] Loading project definition from /path/akka-chat/project
[info] Set current project to akka-chat (in build file:/path/akka-chat/)
[info] Updating {file:/D:/scala/akka-chat/}root...
[info] Resolving org.scala-lang#scala-library;2.11.7 ...
[info] Resolving com.typesafe.play#twirl-api_2.11;1.1.1 ...
[info] Resolving org.apache.commons#commons-lang3;3.4 ...
[info] Resolving org.scala-lang.modules#scala-xml_2.11;1.0.1 ...
....
[info] Done updating.

--- (Running the application, auto-reloading is enabled) ---

[info] p.c.s.NettyServer - Listening for HTTP on /0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:9000

Now, open 2 different browsers and visit http://localhost:9000/chat .

Simple Features

• Generates names and font colors in a random fashion.
• Automatically detects and notifies when new users log in from different browser.
• Automatically kills the session if the browser is closed.

If you're lucky then you would see the following ;)