LiveChat Application

This application built using Node.js, Express, Socket.io, Mongoose, RESTful Web Service.

Features

The application allows users to create an account with a unique username and password for secure login.

The application has JWT authentication.

After create account a user can select their avatar.

Users can send interactive text messages in their chats.

The app uses socket.io for real time messaging.

The app has a user-friendly interface with easy navigation and intuitive controls.

The app provides end-to-end encryption to ensure secure messaging and protect user privacy.

The app has wave animation loader.

Installation

Running Locally

Make sure you have Node.js and npm install.

1. Clone or Download the repository

   git clone https://github.com/ryuga001/LiveChat.git
   $ cd LiveChat

2. Install Dependencies

   npm install

3. Start the Application

    $ cd frontend
     npm start

   $ cd backend
     node index.js

Sockets

Having an active connection opened between the client and the server so client can send and receive data. This allows real-time communication using TCP sockets. This is made possible by Socket.io.

The client starts by connecting to the server through a socket(maybe also assigned to a specific namespace). Once connections is successful, client and server can emit and listen to events.

RESTful

Using HTTP requests, we can use the respective action to trigger every of these four CRUD operations.

POST is used to send data to a server — Create

GET is used to fetch data from a server — Read

PUT is used to send and update data — Update

DELETE is used to delete data — Delete

Tech Stack

React.js Node.js Socket.io Expres.js Redux