The MERN stack which consists of Mongo DB, Express.js, Node.js, and React.js is a popular stack for building full-stack web-based applications because of its simplicity and ease of use. In recent years, with the explosive popularity and the growing maturity of the JavaScript ecosystem, the MERN stack has been the goto stack for a large number of web applications. This stack is also highly popular among newcomers to the JS field because of how easy it is to get started with this stack.
This repo consists of a Chat Application built with the MERN stack. I built this sometime back when I was trying to learn the stack and I have left it here for anyone new to the stack so that they can use this repo as a guide.
This is a full-stack chat application that can be up and running with just a few steps.
Its frontend is built with Material UI running on top of React.
The backend is built with Express.js and Node.js.
Real-time message broadcasting is developed using Socket.IO.
This application provides users with the following features
- Authentication using JWT Tokens
- A Private Chat functionality where users can chat with other a user privately.
- A Group Chat which can be used by anyone using the application to create group chat with other people.
- Real-time updates to the user list, conversation list, and conversation messages
- The frontend is created using create-react-app
- Database connections in the backend are handled using the Mongoose ORM
- Code quality is ensured using (ESLint)[https://eslint.org/]
Cheers 💻 🍺 🔥 🙌