Full Stack Realtime Chat App

#https://deepwiki.com/sz-codes/real-time-chat/ (visit this to understand the underlying app)

Highlights:

• Tech stack: MERN + Socket.io + TailwindCSS + Daisy UI
• Authentication && Authorization with JWT
• Real-time messaging with Socket.io
• Online user status
• Global state management with Zustand
• Error handling both on the server and on the client

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