Websockets with NodeJS and Socket.io

This repository contains a small demo application with a small NodeJS + Socket.io backend and a vanilla JS + Socket.io frontend client. It also integrates a small Local Storage demo.

Getting started

Requirements

In order to run this demo, you need to have a newer version of NodeJS (v12+) installed.

1. Clone the repository and install the packages

You can clone the repository from the commandline with

# clone the repository
$ git clone https://github.com/JanTrichter/Node_Websockets.git

# move into the server directory
$ cd Node_Websockets/server/

# install packages (npm)
$ npm i

2. Start the server

Now you can start the server.

# run the server
$ node .

Console should print: Server is listening on http://localhost:8080

3. Open the webclient

Now you can open the index.html which is located in the client folder.

4. Open a new the file with another browser

You should open the index.html with another browser or in an incognito tab to get a better demonstration. If you just duplicate the browser window the messages will have the same sender because the sender is stored in the browser's Local Storage.

5. Enjoy writing yourself messages :)