🌌 CHAT-APP-MASTER

A full-stack real-time chat application consisting of backend and frontend repositories. Backend handles authentication, CRUD, and Socket.io real-time events, while frontend is built with React, TailwindCSS, Redux, and Socket.io-client.

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🗂 Repository Structure

CHAT-APP-MASTER/ ├── backend/ # Node.js + Express + MongoDB + Socket.io + Auth └── frontend/ # React + Tailwind + Redux + Socket.io-client

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🔹 Backend Overview

• Tech Stack: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Mongoose, JWT, bcryptjs, Socket.io, cookie-parser, CORS, dotenv
• Features:
  • Authentication & JWT-based authorization
  • CRUD operations for chat / user data
  • Real-time communication via Socket.io

Backend Setup

cd backend
npm install
npm run dev      # Development
npm start        # Production


🔹 Frontend Overview

Tech Stack: React.js 18, TailwindCSS + DaisyUI, Redux Toolkit, Redux-Persist, React Router DOM, Axios, Socket.io-client, React Hot Toast, React Icons

Features:

Real-time chat UI connected with backend Socket.io

Redux state management for auth and chat data

Responsive UI with TailwindCSS + DaisyUI

Frontend Setup

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev      # Development server
npm run build    # Production build


🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, open an issue first.


💖 Made with ❤️ by Ashutosh Pandey