In this video you will be creating a real time chat application complete with usernames and connect/disconnect messages. You will use Socket.io to manage real time web socket connections to a Node.js server that will allow you to communicate real time chat messages to all clients connected to a single server.

This entire project will take less than 100 lines of JavaScript and almost no HTML/CSS, but it is incredibly powerful what can be done with such little code. By the end of this video you will have a strong understanding of how to send and receive messages using web sockets and Socket.io to make any real time application.


Materials/References:

GitHub Code: https://github.com/WebDevSimplified/Realtime-Simple-Chat-App
Socket.io: https://socket.io


🧠 Concepts Covered:

- Using Socket.io to create web sockets
- How to send messages to clients in real time
- Handling user connection/disconnection
- Appending elements with JavaScript
- Sending messages to the server in real time


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Twitter: https://twitter.com/DevSimplified
GitHub: https://github.com/WebDevSimplified
CodePen: https://codepen.io/WebDevSimplified


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