This app is a telnet chatroom that uses sockets vis server.js powered by node.

-Many users allowed to chat. -Each user is assigned unique user name. -Local Server

The TCP chat server uses a number of open source projects to work properly:

• [node.js] - evented I/O for the backend
• [Server.js]
• [node modules]

And of course TCP Chat Server itself is open source with a [public repository][TCP] on GitHub.

TCP Chat Server requires Node.js v4+ to run.

Install the dependencies and devDependencies and start the server.

$ node Install
$ npm init -y
$ npm i -S uuid

• Clone the Repo in terminal
• Open you network Preferences and grab your IP address
• In your terminal run the "node server.js" command and you will recieve a message saying that you are connected
• Split pane from your Shell menu in terminal
• In the new pane run this command telnet -your IP address- -port- then hit enter for ex. "telnet 10.0.0.178 3000" and you will see "Escape character is '^]'." and that means you are connected.

• When sockets connect to the server, a new Client instance is made.
• All clients have a unique id property - this will come from the use of node-uuid
• When sockets are connected with the client pool they will be given event listeners for data, error, and close events
• When a socket emits the close event, the socket will be removed from the client pool
• When a socket emits the error event, the error will be logged on the server
• When a socket emits the data event, the data will be logged on the server and the commands below will be implemented

• @all triggers a broadcast event
• @newname allows a user change their nickname
• @dm allows a user to send a message directly to another user by nick name or by their guest id (unique client id) when a user sends a message, their nickname will be printed i.e. cupid: sup lover