# project_chat_application

**Repository Path**: havealex/project_chat_application

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: project_chat_application
- **Description**: This is a code repository for the corresponding YouTube video. In this tutorial we are going to build and deploy a real time chat application. Covered topics: React.js, Node.js, Express.js, and Socket.io.
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-04-10
- **Last Updated**: 2021-04-10

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

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## README

# Realtime Chat Applicaiton
![Chat Application](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZwFA3YMfkoc/maxresdefault.jpg)

### [Live Site](https://realtime-chat-application.netlify.com)

## Introduction
This is a code repository for the corresponding video tutorial. 

In this video, we will create a full Realtime Chat Application. We're going to use  React on the front end, with NodeJS + Socket.io web socket library on the back end. 

By the end of this video, you will have a strong understanding of how to send and receive messages using web sockets and Socket.io to make any real-time application.

Setup:
- run ```npm i && npm start``` for both client and server side to start the development server