POKi-chat-app

chat application for distributed system course

##HOW TO SET UP PROJECT

best use in vscode with intellisense

1. install node

2. to install dependencies

npm install

3. if you ever intalled gulp globally and it is outdated remove it first by

npm uninstall --global gulp

4. to install typings and gulp

npm install -g typings gulp-cli

5. to use intellisense if your editor support

typings install

6. create database name "pokichat" and create user "pokichat" with password "pokichat"

7. to test database connection

gulp test-database-connection

8. to create database

gulp create-database

9. seed the database

gulp seed-database

10. to create user

node genuser.js --username=<username> --password=<password>

11. learn about nodejs bluebirdjs expressjs (if you're doing the server) and ejs if you're doing the frontend
    and learn about socket.io weather you do whatever end

TO USE GULP

1. to start server at port 3000

gulp serve

Arguments

• --master
  • Fixed server type to master
• --port {port}
  • Define server port

2. to watch sass file and compile to css

gulp sass-watch

Socket.io NOTES

• all data sent for each event must be in JSON format.