✨ Real-Time Chat Application ✨

Highlights:

1. Developed a full-stack real-time messaging application using React, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB.
2. Implemented JWT-based authentication for secure user login and protected application access.
3. Integrated Socket.IO to enable real-time messaging and online/offline user presence.
4. Implemented RESTful APIs for user and messaging operations with persistent data storage in MongoDB.
5. Built a responsive user interface using React, Tailwind CSS, and DaisyUI.

Setup .env file

MONGODB_URI=...
PORT=5001
JWT_SECRET=...

CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=...
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=...
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=...

NODE_ENV=development

Build the app

npm run build

Start the app

npm start