README.md

Flask_chat

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this is my frist attempt in the world of web-dev, it is a Flask WebApp for chatting.

consists of a couple of pages!

main page login/register pages chat channel page

Features:

• Nice looking Custom CSS style (no styling framework is used)
• Users can upload and use a profile image
• add as much channels/users, there is no email validity as this is for development
• using sqlite3 DataBase for development
• using JS to set window position when there is a new messege
• delete messeges from both chatting users
• custom error pages

Used Flask extensions/packages/libraries including:

• Flask - the web framework
• Flask-SocketIO -- for websockets use (realtime chat)
• Flask-Login -- for managing users login / logout
• Flask-SQLAlchemy -- for database management
• Flask-WTF -- for creating and securing forms
• Flask-Bcrypt -- powerfull hashing algorithms
• Pillow -- for dealing with images

Installation

just use a virtual environment for the app
$ pip3 install virtualenv
make a new folder for the app
$ mkdir ~/flask_chat_dir
$ cd flask_chat_dir
$ virtualenv flask_chat_env
$ git clone
$ source flask_chat_env/bin/activate 
$ pip -r install requirements
$ python flask_chat.py