ChatterBox

Chatter Box is an engaging project that allows you to explore the world of WebSockets while building a dynamic chatroom application. By leveraging the ws package for WebSocket server development and the browser-native WebSocket API for WebSocket client development, you will unlock the power of real-time communication.

Requirements

Need to have Node.js on terminal to run the projects. To check if you have Node.js and npm installed, type these in your terminal:

npm -v
node -v

Follow this link if you have not installed Node.js: Install Node.js

The projects run on the ES6 version of JavaScript and require fairly recent web browser versions to run the web applications.

Usage

1. To use the projects, you need to either clone the repo or download zip of the repo. Then, go to the appropriate folder to check out the project:

git clone https://github.com/sreeharsha-rav/javascript_projects.git

2. To run this application, first open up a terminal. Then, run the command below:

npm install
node server.js

3. Open your local browers and type in localhost:8080 to join ChatterBox.

4. If you need to restart the server, press ctrl + c to stop the server and enter node server.js again. Then, refresh browser to restart client session.

Credits

Tutorials, materials referenced from Codecademy:

• Learn WebSockets