A real-time chat app built with React and WebSockets.

• Name changes
• Colors assigned to each user
• Active user count
• Conditional class highlighting on new messages

npm and nodejs are required to run this app.

• react
• babel
• webpack
• eslint
• node-sass
• sockjs

• express
• ws
• uuid

• In the root directory, run npm install to install client-side dependencies.
• In the chat_server directory, run npm install again to install WebSocket dependencies. Run node server.js to start the WS server.
• Back in the parent directory, run npm start and head to localhost:3000 in your browser.

• Sidebar displaying names of active users
• Allow users to embed images/video
• Fluid UI/UX & transitions
• Server broadcast on user connect/disconnect