Node.js realtime Chat-App

Chat App built using NodeJs, Express, JavaScript, Socket.IO, Mustache, Moment.js, Google Maps.

Hosted Domain Link

Chat-Link

Quick start

# clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/HusseinMoHu/Chat-App.git 

# install 
npm install

# run
npm start

# for development environment run
npm run dev

Then visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

Architecture

File Structure

Here's an overview of how the files are laid out in this project:

chat-app
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├── public/                  * Where our client code is stored
│   ├── css/                  * All of our chat-css styles files are here
│   │   ├── styles.css      	        
│   │   └── styles.min.css      		  
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│   ├── imgs/                        
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│   │   └── favicon.png 					    
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│   ├── js/                    * All of our js client code is here
│     |
│       └── chat.js 		      	      
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├── src/                     * Server side code (socket.io,express,node)
    ├── utils/                * utils for server side
    │   ├── messages.js     	  * to generate messages all with timestamp
    │   └── users.js      		  * Storing users data (id, username, room) and control them.
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    └── index.js		         * App entry point