buonappetort / chat-board-react

A real-time chat application built with React, Redux, Node.js and Socket.IO

Website

react.chatboard.com.au

About

A real-time chat application built with React, Redux, Node.js, MongoDB and Socket.IO.

Running locally for development

Set up environment variables

Create a .env file in the root folder and set the values for JSON Web Token (JWT) key and MongoDB database.

JWT_KEY='your-jwt-key'
DATABASE='your-mongodb-database'

Start the Express.js development server

To start the Express.js development server, run the command below and the server will be live on localhost:3001

npm run serve

Start the React app

To start the React app, run the command below and it will be live on localhost:3000

npm start