nys-chat

Real time chat app with Angular, Node and MongoDb using socket-io

Quick Start

Installation and usage

$ npm install
$ npm start

Configuration

appSettings

By default, app is set to connect to local mongo db. In order to connect to any cloud mongo make necessary changes.

var config = {};

<!-- cloud mongo start  -->
<!-- config.mongodb=''; -->
<!-- config.mongodb_username=''; -->
<!-- config.mongodb_password=''; -->
<!-- cloud mongo end  -->

<!-- local mongo start  -->
config.mongodb="mongodb://localhost/nyschat";
<!-- local mongo end  -->

module.exports = config;

environment

Change serverIp to the IP of your server. Systems which are in same network can access the app through browser.

export const environment = {
  production: false,
  serverIp: '172.16.30.16'
};

Cordova

• Require X-Code or Android SDK
• npm install -g cordova
• Go to nys-chat-mobile and do npm install
• cordova add ios or cordova add android
• Go back to nys-chat and do npm build --prod
• Copy all the contents in dist/nys-chat/ to www folder of nys-chat-mobile
• Change base href="/" in index.html in www to base href="./"
• node server from server system.
• Go to nys-chat-mobile and do cordova run ios or cordova run android