A chat application built using Socket.io and React

This application helps users to connect and join to a chat room bind to a chat server where they can send and receive messages. The server has the capability to block certain words sent by users and censor them accordingly.

The application is live on https://sf-reactjs-chat-app-socketio.netlify.app

To run this application in your local environment

1. Clone the repo using git clone on your local machine.
2. Run npm i in both the folders server and client by using cd command.
3. Spin up the server in the server folder in one terminal using nodemon index.js or npm start.
4. In another terminal, cd over to the client folder and run npm start. This will launch the application in the localhost of your browser.

Some screenshots of the application: