CSCI3100 Project

ChatApp is a web-based chat application. It contains basic features that enable online messaging.

How to start a local server

We need to start the backend first.

1. To do that, we need to first make sure the backend is connected to the right database. You should change replace the environment variable MONGODB_URI in the file backend/.env with your own database uri.

2. Now, you can go to the backend:

cd backend

3. Install the npm modules if you have not do so:

npm install

4. You are ready to start the server now:

npm run dev

How to start the frontend

With server ready, we are ready to run the app in the development mode.

1. Go to frontend:

cd frontend

2. Install the npm modules if you have not do so:

npm install

3. Start the frontent:

npm start