CLIENT REALTIME CHAT APP

WORK IN PROGRESS

Front end client for server-realtime-chat-app

Requirements

• Angular 6, Angular CLI version 7.x
• Port 4200 should be free
• server-realtime-chat-app should be running on localhost:3000

Running this server

• run npm install to download all the packages :

    npm install

• run the server,which will be on localhost:4200

    ng serve

• register or log-in at

    localhost:4200

Implemented Features

• Login & Registration ✔️
• Basic Chat UI ✔️
• Direct messaging between two users in real-time ✔️
• Recent message loading on clicking user entry in left pane ✔️
• Date-Time on messages ✔️
• Scroll-to-Bottom on new message sent/received ✔️

TODO

High Priority

• Custom avatar uploading
• Richer profile page
• Group Chat/Chatroom functionality and UI
• Most recent message snippet display in user tile or chatroom tile

Low Priority

• Emoji menu support
• Binary(video,picture,audio) sending/upload support
• Global search for users or chatrooms
• Friends list system
• Privacy controls in regards to chats,friends list,search