This repository contains server & client side code forked from [luixaviles] (https://github.com/luixaviles/socket-io-typescript-chat) and further developed to contain an emoji-picker, developed to be PWA and draft features added

Try live demo: https://alcumus-chat.firebaseapp.com/

This needs a local server to be running

First, ensure you have the following installed:

1. NodeJS - Download and Install latest version of Node: NodeJS
2. Git - Download and Install Git
3. Angular CLI - Install Command Line Interface for Angular https://cli.angular.io/

After that, use Git bash to run all commands if you are on Windows platform.

In order to start the project use:

$ git clone https://github.com/narcwis/socket-io-typescript-chat.git
$ cd socket-io-typescript-chat

To run server locally, just install dependencies and run gulp task to create a build:

$ cd server
$ npm install -g gulp-cli
$ npm install
$ gulp build
$ npm start

The socket.io server will be running on port 8080

Open other command line window and run following commands:

$ cd client
$ npm install
$ ng serve

Now open your browser in following URL: http://localhost:4200

Contributions are greatly appreciated.

MIT