dimacus / whisperchirp

WhisperChirp — a url based chat room service.

Step 1

Create app/js/vars.js and insert SERVER_ADDRESS with the IP of your computer

var SERVER_ADDRESS = "XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX";

Step 2

Create server/app.js and insert following content, substituting XXXXX for desired port.

var PORT = process.argv[2] && parseInt(process.argv[2], 10) || XXXXX; 
var STATIC_DIR = __dirname + '/../app'; 
var TEST_DIR = __dirname + '/../test'; 

require('./index').start(PORT, STATIC_DIR, TEST_DIR);

Step 3

Install all dependencies

npm install

Step 4

Start Server

node server/app.js

Step 5

Navigate to http://SERVER-IP:SERVER-PORT in 2 browsers (Chrome on both ends for now)