• Overview
• Installation
• Built With
• Features
• Acknowledgements

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/render217/chatv2

2. Create a .env file in backend/config folder and add the following as key = value

     ```
   MONGODB_URI=
   DB_NAME=
   JWT_SECRET=
   JWT_EXPIRES_IN=
   PORT=
   NODE_ENV=
   CORS_ORIGIN=
     ```
   

   Create a .env file in frontend directory and add the following as key = value

     VITE_SOCKET_URI=http://localhost:<PORT>
     VITE_BACKEND_URI=http://localhost:<PORT>/api
   
     N.B(PORT => port you used for the backend)
   

3. Navigate into the directory and install dependencies: both in frontend and backend folder

   npm install

4. Start the development server: in both client and backend folder

   npm run dev

• React
• Tailwind
• Express
• Socket.io
• MongoDB

This application/site was created as a submission to a DevChallenges challenge. The challenge was to build an application to complete the given user stories.

• User story: By default, I am in the Welcome channel
• User story: I can create a new channel with a name and a description
• User story: I can select a channel of my choice
• User story: When I can select a channel, I am added as a member of the channel
• User story: I can see a member of the channel
• User story: I can send a message
• User story: I can see other people's messages
• User story(optional): I can search for a group

• Render - For Both Frontend and backend deployment