Realtime Communication Project

A simple real-time chat application built with Socket.IO and TypeScript, currently under development.

Features

• Real-time messaging between connected clients.
• Enforces username authentication on connection via a Socket.IO middleware.
• Stores active users using JavaScript Map and Set (all data is temporary/resets on server restart).
• Minimal Express.js server included for future expansion (authentication, security, etc.).
• Typing indicators

Installation

• Clone the repo

• git clone <repo-url>

• Install dependencies

• npm install

• Compile

• npm run compile

• Run Server

• npm start

Features

• Username reinforced middleware
• Show typing users
• Basic name validation
• Join/Leave Announcements

Notes

• Currently, all usernames are reset upon server restart.
• Designed to keep the core simple and lightweight.