Reactive, realtime multiuser chat.

Built with React, Go, and RethinkDB.

• Install and start RethinkDB (port 28015):

$ rethinkdb

• Go to http://localhost:8080/#dataexplorer and paste the content of db_initialize.reql to initialize the database.

• Install Go dependencies:

go get -u github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure
go get -u github.com/gorilla/websocket
go get -u github.com/dancannon/gorethink

• Start the Go backend (port 4000):

$ go run *.go

• Install Node dependencies:

$ npm install

• Start the frontend with live update (port 4001):

$ webpack-dev-server --port 4001

• Alternatively, build the JS bundle (assets/bundle.js):

$ webpack

• Go to http://localhost:4001/

Developed during the course Learn How to Develop Realtime Web Apps.

MIT

• Messages are not always ordered by time
• Users are not always ordered by name
• Server goes crazy if you stop DB midway
• TTL for users being online