Simple-Chat-App

This is a simple chat app using NodeJS and Socket.io.

Features:

• Real-time messaging through socket.io
• Simple UI using HTML, CSS, JS
• Basic XSS sanitisation
• Maximum character length per message checks (both on frontend and server-side)

Installation:

1. Ensure NodeJS and npm is installed on target device
2. Clone repository: git clone https://github.com/TheSnakeByte/Simple-Chat-App.git
3. Navigate to project folder: cd Simple-Chat-App
4. Install dependencies: npm install
5. Start server: node server.js
6. Access the app on port 3000

Missing Features:

• User identification on messages
• Message timestamps
• Login feature
• Save messages to a database to retain messages

Feel free to clone this repo and adapt on it to add these features!