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A simple Chat application where Chat clients can communicate with each other by connecting to server and sending message to all connected users.

• Should accept new client request
• Should distinguish between Client-A and Client-B
• Upon receiving message from Client-A, it should send message to all connected clients except Client-A

• Can send message to all the users
• Can change display name
• Can gracefully Quit

1. make deps
2. go generate ./...
3. make

• To run server on a given port

./server -port=14000

• To run server on a given port with logs to stdout

./server -port=14000 -stderrthreshold=INFO -v=9

• To connect client to server

./client -server=localhost -port=14000 -username=user1

• To connect client to server with logs to stdout

./client -server=localhost -port=14000 -username=user1 -stderrthreshold=INFO -v=9

• ./client --help and ./server --help should display valid arguments and their usage
• At any time in Client application you can get help about commands by typing HELP

./client -username=user1 -server=localhost -port=14000
I0117 22:05:34.729454   25763 chatclient.go:28] Init

  Chat client connected to server...

  Type HELP to display help message

user1 # help

  Valid commands:
  HELP: print help message
  NICK <NEW_NAME>: change your username
  SEND <MESSAGE>: send message
  QUIT: disconnect from the server