SimpleChat

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  "Login Page" but it's really only your username that you need

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  *DISCLAIMER* Did not create the UI of the ChatPage

Inspiration

• Intro to React Workshop

What it does

• Creates Groupchats
• Allows Real Time Chatting
• Add Members
• Remove Members
• Send Messages

How we built it

• node.js (socket.io)
• ChatEngineAPI
• HTML CSS JavaScript
• react-chat-engine-pretty template for the UI of the CHATPAGE

Challenges we ran into

• Very hard for me to get the servers up with socket.io
• trying to make the UI after implementing ChatEngineAPI was really hard so had to use the template
• had no knowledge of node.js and react so half of the hackathon was learning
• came up with my project last night not good planning
• my underestimated the amount of code and thinking of my ideas so I had to settle for just the chatapp

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Learned alot of React and Node.js and can now make real time servers with socket.io
• Also used an API for the first time so I think I'm getting more comfortable with that

What we learned

• Learned alot of React and Node.js and can now make real time servers with socket.io

What's next for SimpleChat

• The original plan was to make web chatapp that allows users to set their language and whatever another person sends in the chatroom will be automatically translated to that language so everyone everywhere could communicate, but that was too broad for my skill level.

Built With

• css
• html
• javascript
• node.js
• react
• server.io