This is a simple Chat application for demonstration purposes of full duplex client-server communication using node.js, Express, Websockets and MySQL. The node.js server starts a HTTP Webserver, provides Websocket services and saves the chat history in a MySQL database.
- install node.js on the server
- install and start a MySQL Server
- e.g. https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
- standard password is root
- ATTENTION: use the old authentification method since the new one is not supported in the node.js framework
- install node.js packages
cd <PROJECT_DIR>
npm install
- start server
node <PROJECT_DIR>\server.js
- open multiple instances of the Website in a browser (http://localhost)
