MsgByte Chat App

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  Joining page

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  The main chat interface

Inspiration

Since I had just learnt how to use node.js and express, I wanted to build a simple chat application

What it does

It is a simple chat application in which users can enter their name and join a room and start chatting. There's a bot which notifies other users in the room about the connect activity.

How I built it

The frontend of the app was built using HTML, CSS, and Vanilla JS. For backend I implemented websockets using node.js, express and socket.io.

Challenges we ran into

Since this was my first time creating a backend application, I had to go through many tutorials on YouTube, got many errors, but solved it eventually.

What's next for MsgByte Chat App

The chat app currently doesn't have a database like MongoDB to store the chats or it doesn't have user authentication. I would implement that in near future.

Built With

• css
• express.js
• html
• javascript
• node.js
• socket.io