Simple chat app

This is a simple chat app implemented using nodeJS and ReactJS. It uses also: webpack, express, yarn, socket.io.

Setup

• Install nvm
• Clone the Github repo:

  git clone https://github.com/GContaldi/node_chat.git

• Install the node version specified in .nvmrc by running

nvm install

• Install yarn by running

brew update
brew ninstall yarn

• Install dependencies by running

yarn install

Usage

Start the node server

• Run npm start and the app will run at http://localhost:5000.
• The port can be changed by passing it as env variable, like: PORT=3000 npm start.

Build the client app

• To build the client app run npm run build:client.
• To continuously build and watch for changes run npm run build:client -- --watch.

Run tests

• To run the tests npm test.
• To run the tests and watch for changes run npm test -- --watch.

Lint the code

• To lint the code run npm run lint.