joneit / chat

Simple chat demo featuring Web Sockets and an Apple Messages-like look

Simple chat demo featuring:

• Web Sockets
  • server side, using ws
  • client side, using native WebSocket API
• An Apple Messages-like look

Try it!

Requires Node + npm.

1. Clone this repo
   For example:

   git clone https://github.com/joneit/chat.git
   cd chat

2. Run the server

   cd server
   npm i
   node .

3. Run 3 clients
   • Open 3 Google Chrome windows
   • In each open file:///path/to/chat/client/index.html
   • Enter a unique chat name in each, e.g., Moe, Larry, Curly
   • Type messages into the tiny message area at the bottom of each window, terminated with Enter key