This is a small and basic chat app utilizing server-side events. Backend is written in Go, frontend in React with TypeScript.
Because of the use of Redis, the application can be scaled horizontally due to the fact that each server instance would not store important state in memory.
A basic session ID system is in place using JWT to ensure that users can only send messages in a room that they are currently in.
Currently, there is only a configuration to run the little app in development mode.
The secret key for JWT should be stored in a .env file within the server folder under the name JWT_SECRET_KEY. If the key is not provided, then env-var-not-found will be used as a fallback key. The environment variable can also be provide by modifying the docker-compose.yml file.
Start your Docker daemon and run the following command while navigated to the project's directory:
docker compose up --build -dDone. UI can be accessed on http://localhost:3000 while the server runs on http://localhost:3001.