Hello World

A website to chat with strangers

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Inspiration

During COVID-19, it's hard to meet other people. Due to the frustration and ongoing boredom people may face, our group have decided to create a web application for people from all around the world to chat and make new friends!

What it does

It allows users to chat with strangers in a global chat room while looking at their locations.

How we built it

We used Socket.io to support real-time position changes and incoming chats. We used React.js for frontend, express.js for backend and MongoDB as database.

Challenges we ran into

  • Integrating the Google Maps API into our website
  • Using socket.io for the first time

Accomplishments that we are proud of

  • Managed to build a working product despite the time constraints

What we learned

  • How to build a real-time chat based application using MERN stack with the help of Socket.io

What's next for Hello World

  • Introducing room chats to complement the global chat
  • Including hidden puzzles and clues throughout the map and chat rooms to entertain the users
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