Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Tech Used
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Client-side usage
   • Server-side usage

About The Project

Chat-UP

This is a Full Stack Chatting App. Uses Socket.io for real time communication and stores user details in encrypted format in Mongo DB Database.

Tech Stack

Client:

Server:

Database:

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node ^10.0.0
• npm

Client-side usage(PORT: 3000)

$ cd frontend   // go to client folder
$ npm i         // npm install packages
$ npm start     // run it locally

// deployment for client app
$ npm run build 

Server-side usage(PORT: 5000)

Prepare .env file

You need to add Port number for backend, MongoDB atlas URI and create a JWT secret

PORT = 5000
MONGO_URI = <your mongoDB atlas URI>
JWT_SECRET = <your secret key>

Start

$ npm i        // npm install packages
$ cd backend   // go to backend folder
$ npm start    // run it locally