Specification

The app is a single page, and contains a few sections:

1. Left pane: ✅

a. Showsmyemail b. Showsalistofallthecurrentlyonlineusersinthesystem

2. Main pane: ✅

Show the chat with the selected user

3. Bottom pane: ✅

Message box, where you type in messages

These are the desired behaviors:

1. As a user, I have to login or register to use the app ✅
2. When I’m logged in and the app is open, other users should see me in the online user’s list ✅
3. I can block a user, so I won’t show up on his users list anymore. ✅
4. All users can chat with each other (unless blocked) ✅
5. If I have no open windows for the app, I should disappear from the list ✅
6. If I have multiple windows open for the app, the state should be the EXACT same for each ⚠️
7. The app state is around live changes. The app should not rely on polling (interval requests). ✅

How to run the app

Before this app can run, you have to install and setup

• node
• docker

Run with docker

Open the parent folder, Run command in terminal

docker-compose up

Run manually

Open server folder install node packages and start backend server, Run command in terminal

npm install
npm run build
npm run start

And finally open client folder install node packages and start frontend server, Run command in terminal

npm install
npm run start