README.md

chat-application.

Description

Build, test and deploy a one to one chat application using React/Redux, Node.js, and PostgreSQL

Link to the final product click here

Login & create an account account (for new user)

registered users (one can chat with each other)

Chatting one on one

Github Repositories

This repository is for Backend

Frontend repository Click here.

Tools and Technologies:

FRONTEND:

ReactJs, HTML and CSS (for building user interface)

• No frontend CSS Framework like Bootstrap, MaterialUI, Semantic UI, or others

BACKEND:

NodeJs, and PostgreSQL

• No ORM with PostgreSQL
• No backend Node.js web frameworks like Express, Koa, Loopback, or others

Getting Started

Prerequisites

The following should be installed in your machine:

• Git
• Node

Installing

Start by cloning the repository to your local machine

git clone https://github.com/niyoceles/chat-application-nodejs.git

cd chat-application-backend

Config your database & .env

DATABASE_URL=

DATABASE_URL_TEST=

SECRET_KEY=

Next install the package dependencies by running

npm install

After that start or build the application by running

  npm start # For a production
  npm run dev # For local development

Running the tests

npm test