💬 RealTime Chat Application

A real-time chat application built using Spring Boot for the backend and HTML/CSS/JS + Socket.IO on the frontend. Users can join and chat instantly in a clean and simple UI.

🚀 Features

• Real-time messaging via WebSockets
• Multiple users can join and chat simultaneously
• Simple frontend UI
• Scalable backend using Spring Boot

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Socket.IO
• Backend: Spring Boot (Java)
• WebSocket Communication: Spring WebSocket + STOMP

📁 Folder Structure

📦 RealTime-chat-application ┣ 📂 frontend ┃ ┣ 📜 index.html ┃ ┣ 📜 style.css ┃ ┗ 📜 app.js ┣ 📂 backend ┃ ┣ 📂 src ┃ ┃ ┣ 📂 main ┃ ┃ ┃ ┣ 📂 java ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗ 📂 com.example.chat ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┣ 📜 ChatController.java ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┣ 📜 WebSocketConfig.java ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗ 📜 Message.java ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗ 📂 resources ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗ 📜 application.properties ┃ ┗ 📜 pom.xml

🧑‍💻 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Java 17+ and Maven installed

Installation

git clone https://github.com/shrutim250/RealTime-chat-application.git
cd RealTime-chat-application/backend
mvn clean install

### Run the App
mvn spring-boot:run