Packages

• express
• socket.io (used for websockets)
• cors
• diskdb (used for saving messages between sessions.)
• body-parser (used to parse body of requests)

Setup

Clone the repository along with the chat-app-client. run npm install in the terminal and then node index.js. You should see this in the terminal:

Successfully connected to : ./data
Server is listening on port 3001

Bugs

• Two users can log in as the same user.
• Users online statuses don't match with whether they're actually online or not.
• refreshing the page logs a user out