Slack-like Chat Application

A full-stack chat application built with React frontend and Java Spring Boot backend.

Project Structure

├── frontend/          # React TypeScript application
├── backend/           # Spring Boot Java application
├── docker-compose.yml # Docker setup for development
└── README.md         # This file

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ and npm
• Java 17+
• Maven 3.6+
• Docker (optional, for database)

Getting Started

Backend (Spring Boot)

cd backend
mvn spring-boot:run

Frontend (React)

cd frontend
npm install
npm start

Features

• Real-time messaging
• Channel-based chat
• User authentication
• Message history
• Modern responsive UI

Tech Stack

Frontend

• React 18 with TypeScript
• Material-UI for components
• Socket.IO for real-time communication
• React Router for navigation
• Axios for API calls

Backend

• Spring Boot 3
• Spring Security for authentication
• Spring Data JPA for database
• WebSocket for real-time messaging
• H2/PostgreSQL database
• Maven for dependency management