Socket.io Chat

A simple real time chat application

Requirements

• Node.js
• Socket.io
• Expressjs

Main files

• index.html - used to import our libraries and layout the client's webpage
• main.js - client's core functionality that describes functions such as: setName, say and getOnlineUsers
• server.js - listens and sends data between the connected clients

Installation

• You must first have Node.js installed with npm
• Open the command line in this directory (shift right-click)
• Run npm install

Running the server

• Run the server with npm start
• Go to http://localhost:3000/ to open the client