Building the project

• (Make sure you have npm and nodejs installed on your system)

• Run npm init -y to initialize the nodejs project
• Run npm install to build all the packages
  • Please note that nodemon need to be installed separately as a dev-dependency using the npm install nodemon --save-dev command.

Running the project

• Use the following command to run the project: npm start
• This will start up the project and specify the url: (ex. http://localhost:5050)

How to use the app

• Start up the app (i.e. run the project) and navigate to the specified url (ex. http://localhost:5050).
• Register a user using the provided registration field
• Next, enter your username and password. After submitting, the page home page will redirect you to the chat page.

• To register another user and navigate to the same url (ex. http://localhost:5050), open a new tab or window and follow similar proceedures as before.

• After both users logged in successfully, you are free to chat))

Sources

https://www.npmjs.com/package/bcrypt https://socket.io/ https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/