Lets-Chat

A group chat web application that can run on multiple clients on same network. Made with Love using Node.js, Express.js, Socket.io, Jquery-emoji-picker, HTML and CSS.

Installation

Windows

$ git clone https://github.com/stillNovice/Lets-Chat.git
$ cd Lets-Chat
$ npm install
$ xcopy node_modules\jquery-emoji-picker\css public\css\
$ xcopy node_modules\jquery-emoji-picker\js public\js\
$ node app.js

Linux

$ git clone https://github.com/stillNovice/Lets-Chat.git
$ cd Lets-Chat
$ npm install
$ mkdir public/css && cp -r node_modules/jquery-emoji-picker/css/* public/css/
$ mkdir public/js && cp -r node_modules/jquery-emoji-picker/js/* public/js/
$ node app.js

Usage

1. Open Chrome
2. Go to localhost:8478
3. Enter the name you wish to appear in the Chat section
4. Tell your friends and make them join too (if they are on the same network).
5. Enjoy

What's new here :

1. Online/Away functionality. (All the online users are shown with a green online dots left of their names, and all the offline users have yellow dots).
2. User will know who else is typing at a particular moment while enjoying the Group Chat.
3. Emoji Picker to add emojis along with text messages.