###Socket.io Web Chat Boilerplate App

###Live Demo

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Socket.io chat application boilerplate. The app utilizes:

• Socket.io - Socket.IO enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication.
• Express for a simple server to run our application
• Moment - Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates in JavaScript.
• jQuery - Javascript library
• Bootstrap - HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects.

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1. Run npm install to install all needed dependencies.
2. Run npm start to start the server.
3. Reapeat step 2 for any number of devices.
4. Navigate to localhost:3000 and enter your name, and the chat room you want to join.
5. All users entering the same chat room can now communicate instantly with eachother!

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Todo

• Update to ReactJS and remove jQuery
• Create a list of all currently occupied chat rooms on index.html
• Expand on the @currentUsers command
• Remove Bootstrap and replace with all custom css
• Use Webpack to bundle all files