Chat application

A full-stack Angular/Express chat application made as a school project.

Setup

Prerequisites

1. Node.js (14.x should work at the very least) and npm

How to run

1. Run npm ci in the root dir
   • This will install the dependencies for the client and the server
2. Run npm start
   • This will start the client and the server concurrently
3. Go to http://localhost:4200

Technologies

Frontend

• Angular, RxJS
• @auth0/angular-jwt
  • Provides HttpInterceptor to attach JSON Web Token to all HttpClient requests
• NgRx
  • State management

Backend

• Node.js, Express, TypeScript
• MySQL for deployment, SQLite for development
• Passport
  • Provides functionality for JWT authentication
• Sequelize
  • Provides ORM for the database
• Socket.io
  • Provides easy API for WebSocket connection, rooms etc.