A web-based chat application based on MERN Stack and Socket.io which features real time chat and notification functionality, and offering individuals features like one to one and group chats.
The application is hosted on Railway
Refer to https://nodejs.org/en/ to install nodejs
Install create-react-app npm package globally. This will help to easily run the project and also build the source files easily. Use the following command to install create-react-app
npm install -g create-react-appInstall nodemon npm package globally. This will help to easily run the project and also build the source files easily. Use the following command to install nodemon
npm install -g nodemonClone the project into local
Create a file with name ".env" in the project folder and add the following variables
PORT = 5000
MONGO_URI = (Your MongoDB URI)
JWT_SECRET = (Your JWT Secret, It can be anything)
Install all the npm packages. Go into the project folder and Execute the following command to install all npm packages
npm installRepeat the above process inside the client folder to install client side required packages
cd clientnpm installIf you get an error, install all the packages from the client/package.json dependencies individually
npm install <package-name> --forceIn order to run the application Execute the following command in project folder and in the client folder to start both the server and client side
npm startThe Application Runs on localhost:3000
For production build add the following line in the ".env" file
NODE_ENV = production
and execute the following command in the client folder
npm run buildcreate-react-app : The following link has all the commands that can be used with create-react-app https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app
ReactJS : Refer to https://reactjs.org/ to understand the concepts of ReactJS