Advanced Chat Application

It is a real-time application built using the MERN stack. It provides users with a seamless and interactive chatting experience.

Features

• Real-time Messaging: Users can chat with each other in real time, sending and receiving messages instantly without the need to refresh the page.

• User Authentication: The application supports user registration and authentication, ensuring secure access to the chat functionality.

• Group Chats: Users can create or join group chats, allowing them to communicate with multiple participants simultaneously.

• Message History: The application keeps a history of previous messages, allowing users to view their chat history and scroll through past conversations.

• Emojis and Media Sharing: Users can enhance their conversations by sending emojis and sharing media files such as images or videos.

Technologies Used

The project is built using the MERN stack, which consists of the following technologies:

• MongoDB: A NoSQL database used to store and manage user information, chat messages, and other relevant data.

• Express.js: A web application framework for Node.js that handles server-side logic and API routes.

• React: A JavaScript library for building user interfaces, used to create the client-side of the application.

• Node.js: A JavaScript runtime environment used for server-side development and running the Express.js server.

• Socket.IO: A library that enables real-time, bidirectional communication between the server and the clients, facilitating instant messaging.

• SCSS: A CSS preprocessor that provides additional features and enhancements to standard CSS, such as variables, nesting, and modular organization.

Usage

To use the Chat App MERN, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/ak-hu/chat-app-mern.git
2. Navigate to the project directory: cd chat-app-mern
3. Install the dependencies: npm install
4. Set up the environment variables:
   • Create a .env file in the root directory.
   • Specify the required environment variables (e.g., MongoDB connection URI, JWT secret key).
5. Start the development server: npm start
6. Access the application in your web browser at http://localhost:3000.

Screenshots

Login Page

Login page with Login component

Login page with Register component

Chat Page

Chat page with Contacts, SingleChat and ChatInput components

Chat page with UpdateProfile component

Chat page with GroupchatCreate component

Chat page with GroupchatUpdate component

Chat page with SubmitModal component

Contributing

Contributions to the Chat App MERN project are welcome! If you have any ideas for improvements, bug fixes, or new features, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

Please make sure to follow the existing coding style and guidelines when contributing.

License

This project is currently without a specific license. All rights are reserved.