SocketTalk — Real-Time Chat Application

A real-time web-based chat application built using Python, Flask, and Flask-SocketIO that enables multiple users to communicate instantly in private rooms.

This project demonstrates the use of WebSockets for bidirectional communication, dynamic room management, and server-client event handling.

Features

✅ Real-time messaging with WebSockets ✅ Create or join chat rooms ✅ Unique room codes for privacy ✅ Multiple users per room ✅ Instant message broadcasting ✅ Clean and minimal UI ✅ Session-based user handling

What I Learned

• This project helped me understand core backend and real-time communication concepts such as:

• How WebSockets differ from traditional HTTP

• Event-driven architecture

• Managing client connections

• Broadcasting messages to multiple users

• Handling sessions in Flask

• Structuring a backend project

Tech Stack

• Backend

• Python

• Flask

• Flask-SocketIO

• Frontend

• HTML

• CSS

• JavaScript

Communication Protocol

• WebSockets