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A chat application built with web sockets

How to start the app

  1. Clone the repository and install the backend:
$ npm install

  1. Rename the .env.example file into .env and add a secret key (just a random string) for the APP_SECRET variable inside this file

  2. Start the backend app:

$ npm start
  1. In another terminal, go in the frontend directory to install the dependencies for the frontend of the chat app:
$ cd frontend
$ npm install
  1. Start the frontend app:
$ npm start
  1. Go to http://localhost:3000 and have fun