chat-study

Small chat project for learning NodeJS, Socket.io and MongoDB

This project was made to run in Cloud9 (https://c9.io).

Installation (in cloud9)

• Create an new Blank Ubuntu workspace.

• Install NodeJs, npm and MongoDB:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install nodejs npm mongodb-org
  

  • Don't update node and npm in cloud9 environment. Go with the default versions downloaded.

• Clone this project contents into the workspace root:

  git clone https://github.com/paulera/chat-study ~/workspace
  

• Install node dependencies:

  cd ~/workspace/iochat
  npm install
  

• Create mongoDB data directory:

  mkdir ~/workspace/data
  

Running the chat

Run the script files node_start.sh and mongo_start.sh from the workspace root folder. The mongoDB port is hardcoded in the variable strMongoHost in iochat/server.js, you might need to change it (check mongoDB server log output to find the port number).

Head to the url provided by the node server script to open the chat.

References

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHbCkikFfDE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y6mWhcdSUM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrRue5Rt6Is
• http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/driver-articles/mongoclient.html#mongoclient-connect
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10656574/how-do-i-manage-mongodb-connections-in-a-node-js-web-application
• http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/3.0/quick-start/quick-start/