SaySomething is a simple real-time chat application implemented with long polling AJAX technique. React.js is used in front-end side, and Node.js / MongoDB is used in the back-end side.

Preview: https://saysomething.vlpt.us/

##Tech Following technologies are used in this project:

• react
• webpack
• webpack-dev-server
• babel
• redux
• redux-actions
• redux-saga
• axios
• node-sass
• style-loader, css-loader, sass-loader
• react-custom-scrollbars
• express
• mongodb
• mongoose
• nodemon
• dotenv
• eslint

##Getting Started These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and runing on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

###Prerequisites

• node.js 4.5.0^
• npm 2.15.9^ (using npm 3.x is recommended)
• MongoDB 3.0^ (or, you can host a databse from https://mlab.com)

###Installing

1. Install global dependencies

   npm install -g babel-cli webpack webpack-dev-server nodemon
   

   • babel-cli lets you use babel commands from console.
   • webpack lets you bundle the client-side codes and webpack-dev-server is a module for the development server.
   • nodemon restarts the node webserver whenever the code changes during development.

2. Clone the project from github repository

   git clone https://github.com/velopert/saysomething.git
   cd saysomething
   

3. Install local dependencies
   There are two directores: client / server. Go inside each folder and install the local dependencies.

   cd client
   npm install
   cd ../server
   npm install
   

4. Create server/.env file
   .env file stores the PORT of the server and URI of the mongo database. Rename the .env.cpy file to .env, and fill in the value. If following file is not shown, toggle hidden files visibility. The local dependency dotenv loads this file and set the value of process.env.*

   PORT=3000
   DB_URI="mongodb://host:port/saysomething"
   

In development environment, you have to run dev script from both of the client and server directories (either open multiple terminals or use screen of UNIX)

cd client
npm run dev

Development server of client uses 4000 port, and it can be changed from client/config/webpack.config.dev.js. Hot-Module-Reloading is enabled in this development server. If you access http://host:4000/ and modify the code, the changes will applied immediately.

cd server
npm run dev

When the server runs in development environment, it will restart the server when the files get modified.

Both front-end side and back-end side codes need to be built because both sides use ES6 syntax, and additionally, the front-end side uses webpack to bundle the codes.

To build, you have to run build script in both of the client and server directory as you did when you install the local dependencies.

cd client
npm run build

cd server
npm run build

(You have to go through building process to do this)

cd server
npm start

MIT License.
Copyright (c) 2016 velopert.