Alignbox Chat UI (Alignbox Assignment)

What this is

This is a small chat UI project (frontend + Node.js + Socket.IO + MySQL) prepared for the Alignbox internship assignment.

Structure

alignbox-chat/ ├─ public/ │ ├─ index.html │ ├─ styles.css │ └─ main.js ├─ db/ │ └─ schema.sql ├─ .env.example ├─ server.js ├─ package.json └─ README.md

Quick run (locally)

1. Install Node.js and MySQL.
2. Create the database:
   • Run mysql -u root -p < db/schema.sql (replace root and password accordingly)
3. Copy .env.example to .env and set your DB credentials.
4. Install deps:

   npm install

5. Start the server:

   npm run dev

6. Open http://localhost:3000

Notes

• Image/attachment upload is intentionally skipped per instructions.
• For GitHub: create a new repo and push these files. Include screenshots (e.g., screenshots/) in the repo before emailing.