Impletementation of private group for a simple chat application using html, css, vanilla JavaScript, Express and socket.io

Web socket

TCP protocol that allows bi-direction communication.

HTTP request Single

CLIENT -> SERVER -> CLIENT

Full Duplex communication

CLIENT -> SERVER -> CLIENT SERVER -> CLIENT -> SERVER

FOR TODAY

1. Set up express server
2. Server a regular HTML
3. Integrate Socket.io -
4. Broadcast message and receive on another client
5. Take Home: Extend chat to show username and create private rooms/chats

Links

https://socket.io/
https://www.scaler.com/topics/expressjs-tutorial/express-websocket/