MERN-CHAT-APP

A real-time chat application made using MERN stack and socket.io

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• asyncHandler - Simple middleware for handling exceptions inside of async express routes and passing them to your express error handlers.
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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Getting Started
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Introduction

This project is a real-time chat application developed using the MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) stack. It leverages the power of WebSocket technology through Socket.io to provide instant messaging functionality.

Features

• User authentication
• Group chat support
• Real-time messaging using Socket.io
• MongoDB for data storage
• RESTful API for user and group management
• Frontend built with React
• Styling with CSS and/or a UI framework like Bootstrap or Material-UI

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• Node.js and npm installed

• MongoDB server running

• Create a .env file in the server directory with your MongoDB URI and JWT secret:

  MONGO_URI=<your_mongodb_uri>
  JWT_SECRET=<your_jwt_secret>
  
  

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