ConversoChat

Introduction

ConversoChat is a chat application that allows users to chat with each other in real time. You can find the design document here.

Backend

• Express.js is used to create the server and handle the routes.
• Websocket is used to handle the real time communication between the server and the client.
• MySQL is used to store the messages and the users.
• ORM Sequelize is used to handle the database.
• bcrypt is used to hash the passwords.

Frontend

• HTML & CSS is used to create the UI.
• Javascript is used to handle the real time communication between the client and the server.

Installation

• Install docker and docker-compose
• Clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/YanPetrov7/ConversoChat.git

• Go to the project directory:

$ cd ConversoChat

• Create an environmental variables:

$ export DB_PASSWORD="your_password"
$ export TEST_DB_PASSWORD="your_password"

Run the application

• Start the containers:

$ docker-compose up --build

• Open the application in your browser: http://localhost:3000/

Run the tests:

• Start the containers:

$ docker-compose up --build

• Run the tests:

$ docker exec -it conversochat-app-1 npm test