Web-Chat-Application

A simple old-school web application to chat with your friends

Description

My very first project with the Spring Boot. It helps you and your friends (or everyone with the hosted site link) to type in their username and start texting. It is still in the early development stage and needs to be worked upon. I have made this project is open source for everyone and your suggestions and forks can help build a better versions of it.... So host it and have fun

New updates added (v2.0)

1. Registration/login
2. Logout
3. Database connectivity

Installation

This is a web application and therefore needs to be hosted (either locally or in a site) ... For local hosting....

1. Make sure you have java installed in your PC
2. Clone the entire project into your pc
3. Edit the POM.xml file to make changes to the java version mentioned as per your installed version
4. Import the project in your favourite IDE as an Maven project(i use Eclipse)
5. Make sure you have Spring Boot installed (Use the Eclipse Marketplace and install "Spring Tools 4" if you are using Eclipse as an IDE)
6. Run the project as "Spring Boot Project"
7. Open your favourite browser (You don't need to have an internet connection)
8. Navigate to "localhost:8080/chat" (default Spring port)
9. Enjoy!

Usage

Educational purpose.... Don't worry, just make it your own!

Project status

In development stage