Simple Chat app built using ChatGPT

Prompt used: Please write a simple chat app using Node.js and Socket.io

Basic Setup

Express.js for server, Socket.io for realtime communication, and plain HTML, CSS, JavaScript for frontend.

# Clone the git repo and cd into it
npm install # installs the dependencies
node server.js # starts the server

Code Cleanup

ChatGPT puts everything together in a single file. We need to separate the code into different files. We will use the following structure:

1. Split index.html into 3 files, index.html, style.css, and script.js.
2. Crate a public folder and put all these files there.
3. In server.js, use express.static module for /public folder. (Line number 10)

Emoji search

Replace the following words with emojis:

{
  "react": "⚛️",
  "woah": "😮",
  "hey": "👋",
  "lol": "😂",
  "like": "❤️",
  "congratulations": "🎉"
}