Real time chat app

Example of chat web application using Socket.IO with the MERN stack Client in React, Server in Node.js/Express On login user can set an avatar for the chat All messages saved in MongoDB database After user enters, they can see history of chats (10 last messages)

Clone repository in target path

$ git clone https://github.com/geepalik/chat-app.git

Install dependencies

Go to each folder (client and server) and enter this to install dependencies

$ yarn install

Have a .env file in the server folder with the following data

NODE_ENV=development
SOCKET_PORT=5001
HTTP_PORT=5002
MONGODB_URL='<mongo db url>'
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME='<cloudinary cloud name>'
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY='<cloudinary api key>'
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET='<cloudinary secret key>'

Go to server folder and run in local development

$ yarn start-dev

Go to client folder and run in local development

$ yarn watch