A web development project to create a simple chat room experience in the browser using React w/ GoLang. The application can handle safe concurrent communication in Go with gorilla/websocket.
Running the backend WebSocket server:
- cd into
/backend go run main.go
Running the frontend ReactJS application:
- cd into
/frontend - install dependencies with
npm install npm start
Navigate to http://localhost:3000/
- Real time web-based text chat
- Allows users to log into the chatroom with a username (user info stored in browser session data)
- Chat room members will be notified when a user connects/disconnects
- Scrollable chat feed with timestamps
Example:
