Sync Chat was created as a coursework for Network Applications at Heriot-Watt University.

DEMO

Synchronous Chat requires Node.js v4+ to run.

Install the dependencies and devDependencies and start the server.

$ cd Synchronous-Chat
$ npm install
$ npm start

If the server fails to start, make sure that MongoDB and Redis Server are running in the background. Also make sure that the correct configurations are set up for Redis and Mongo from within the config.js file and db folder.

the following technologies are used by Synchronous Chat:

• Node.js - evented I/O for the backend
• Express - fast node.js network app framework
• jQuery - javascript library
• Socket.io - bidirectional event based communication
• Redis - in-memory data structure store
• Heroku - application hosting
• MongoDB - database
• Embedded JavaScript - templating engine