Designing and developing a video conferencing web app for MS Engage 2021
The webapp allows participants to create and join a video conferencing room, built with the help of WebRTC Peer to Peer Connections. The signalling layer is established using socket.io and STUN/TURN servers, from https://xirsys.com/ are used for ICE negotiations.
The webapp is deployed at https://videochatms.herokuapp.com/. For best experience, view in Google Chrome.
Requirements:
- node.js
- express
- socket.io
To run the web app on local host:
- Clone the repository
- Install the dependencies in the package.json by running
npm installcommand. - Change the directory to
srcand runnode app.js - Open and view the webapp on localhost:5000
Features:
- Allows multiple participans
- Video turn on/off
- Mute/unmute user audio
- Pin screen
- Picture in picture(floating video)
- Screen sharing(Entire screen/tab/window)
- Recording(video/screen)
- Live chat(text, emoticons and autolink)
For detailed documentation, see: Design Document
For a video demo, watch at:watch
This project was made as a part of Microsoft Engage 2021 Mentorship programme, following principles of Agile Methodology. Agile refers to software development through iterations, with periodic assessment of evolving requirements and solutions. Here's a spreadsheet reflecting my journey on this project with Agile: this
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