🎉 Rust Talk

A terminal-based chat app built in Rust.

NOTE: This is my first project in Rust, so take it with a grain of salt. It's very basic and probably full of bugs and/or sections that could be cleaned up. :).

Code Snapshot

A short preview of what's inside!

let mut clients = vec![];
    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::<String>();
    loop {
        if let Ok((mut socket, addr)) = server.accept() {
            println!("Success! {} is connected.", addr);

            let tx = tx.clone();
            clients.push(socket.try_clone().expect("failed to clone client"));

            thread::spawn(move || loop {
                let mut buff = vec![0; MSG_SIZE];

See more in the server and client directories.

Setup

Make sure you have Rust and its respective package manager, Cargo, installed on your local machine.

1. Clone the repo & change directories

git clone git@github.com:filippo-fonseca/rust-talk.git

cd rust-talk

2. Run and/or Build

To run the app, open two separate terminal windows.

On one of them, cd into the server, while on the other go into the client, as such:

Window 1:

cd server

Window 2:

cd client

Now, in both terminal windows run the following command (make sure you run it in the terminal window assigned to the server first, as the client will not be able to connect to the server unless it's up):

cargo run

To create a usable version, run:

cargo build

Made with ❤️ by @FilippoFonseca.