WesleyyC / JavaScript-Chat

A chat room program with two JavaScript programs (server program and client program) run by node.js.

#JavaScriptChat

This is a chat room program with two JavaScript programs (server program and client program) run by node.js.

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####About Node.js As an asynchronous event driven framework, Node.js is designed to build scalable network applications and you can download it from their website or use Homebrew.

####Usage Use cd directing to the folder where you put the two JavaScript File.

Install the net module and readline module:

$ sudo npm install net;

$ sudo npm install readline;

Run server by:

$ node --harmony chat-server.js;

Run client by:

$ node --harmony chat-client.js <username>;

####Notice To connect to the server, change the line of chat-client.js:

client = net.connect({host:'localhost', port: 5000})

to

client = net.connect({host:<Server Computer IP Address>, port: 5000})

####Contact Author: Wesley Wei Qian [e-mail]