This project drew inspiration from Fireship's tutorial https://fireship.io/lessons/react-firebase-chat-app-tutorial/. Instead of having a global chat, I used firebase to implement a full 1 on 1 chat with users who are globally registered on the platform.
- You will need to setup the node modules so go ahead and use your favourite package manager:
$ yarn
- Now, simply start the react app:
$ yarn start
- React
- Firebase
- React Toastify
- React Firebase Hooks
- React Bootstrap / Bootstrap
- Moving forward there will be options to block, and only message people that you are friends with.
- Read Notifications
- Typing indicators