Enter the following command in the terminal

go build .

To build an exe file named chat

Next, enter the following command in the terminal to start the server on port :8888. Or run it by executing the chat.exe file.

./chat

You will have the following output.

2022/08/21 19:54:32 Started server on :8888
2022/08/21 20:45:56 new Client has connected: [::1]:30143   

Run telnet to connect to the server that was created. Telnet can be run to connect to the port 8888 with the command below.

telnet localhost 8888

/nick <name> - get a name, otherwise user will stay anonymous.

/join <name> - join a room, if room doesn't exist, the new room will be created. User can be only in one room at a time.

/rooms - Shows a list of available rooms to join.

/msg <msg> - Broadcast message to everyone in a room.

/quit - Disconnects from the chat server.