psiw

This is a project for the university.

• Course: System and concurrent programming
• Topic: Chat application using IPC mechanisms based on server / client structure

Compiling

1. Clone this repository.

git clone https://github.com/shym3q/psiw.git && cd psiw

2. Run the build script. The output binary 'chat' should be in the in the current directory.

./build.sh && cd bin

Usage

1. Launch the server.

./chat server

2. In separate terminals or tmux windows / panes launch as many clients as you wish.

./chat client

About

• There is a PROTOCOL file in this repo containing details about the code (for polish native speakers, so far).
• The code was tested mainly on Arch Linux and compiled with GCC (version 13.2.1).

TODO

• Connecting clients to the server.
• Partial implementation of registering a topic.
• Splitting messages into separate channels.
• The client messing up a request does not block the server.
• The server handling concurrent requests.
• GUI of the application defined.
• A bus / a message broker implemented.
• Closing the client with the server being informed.
• Avoided using the global variables.
• Avoided forking with each request.