Hellocat

A Vanilla JS + Firebase Chat!

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Demo

Here is a demo!

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Overview

Hellocat is a lightweight, real-time chat application built with vanilla JavaScript and Firebase. It allows users to chat instantly with easy-to-use features like media sharing and smooth UI interactions.

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Project Setup

1. Clone the repository from GitHub:

   git clone https://github.com/2dprototype/Hellocat.git
   cd Hellocat

2. Add your Firebase configuration in the project.

3. Launch the app using a dev server:

   cd dev
   npm install
   node server.js

   Access the app at http://localhost:5600.

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Firebase Hosting Setup

1. Setup a Firebase Project (Authentication[Email/Password], Hosting, Firestore, Realtime DB, Storage).

2. Grab the firebase config and set it to main.js

3. Setup firebase to your project in the root dir using firebase init command.

4. Then modify the firebase.json like this,

{
    "hosting": {
        "ignore": [
            "firebase.json",
            "**/.*",
            "**/node_modules/**"
		],
		"cleanUrls": true,
		"site": "hellocat",
		"public": "src",
        "rewrites": [
            {
                "destination": "/index.html",
                "source": "**"
			},
			{
				"source": "!/@(js|css|lib|fonts|res)/**",
				"destination": "/index.html"
			} 
		]
	}
}

Libraries Used

Special thanks to the authors of the following open-source libraries:

• jQuery
• Chart.js
• Three.js
• CryptoJS
• KaTeX
• Clipboard.js

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.