Real-time Chat Application

Project Overview

In today's connected world, real-time communication is essential. This project creates a professional chat application that handles everything from basic messaging to rich media sharing and group conversations.

User Stories

1. As a regular user, I want to:

   • Send and receive messages instantly
   • Share images, files, and links easily
   • See when others are typing
   • Know when my messages are read
   • Search through my message history

2. As a group chat administrator, I want to:

   • Create and manage chat rooms
   • Set room permissions and roles
   • Moderate content and users
   • Pin important messages
   • Archive old conversations

3. As a mobile user, I want to:

   • Have a responsive interface that works on any device
   • Receive notifications for new messages
   • Access my chat history offline
   • Share my location in chats
   • Make voice and video calls

Getting Started

Here's a basic setup for the Socket.IO server:

const io = require('socket.io')(server);

io.on('connection', (socket) => {
  console.log('User connected');
  
  socket.on('message', (data) => {
    io.emit('message', data);
  });
  
  socket.on('disconnect', () => {
    console.log('User disconnected');
  });
});