See demo website: sample-chat.onrender.com/

This is a simple chat application demonstration built using Python with the aiohttp framework and HTML/CSS/JavaScript. The application allows real-time communication between users through WebSockets.

• Real-time messaging between connected users
• Responsive web design
• Customizable styling with Tailwind CSS
• Docker containerization for easy deployment

• Python 3.12+
• Node.js and npm
• Docker

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/chat-application.git cd chat-application

2. Install dependencies:

2.1 Python packages

• via pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

• via poetry

poetry install

2.2 CSS framework:

npm install -D tailwindcss

3. Build static assets:

npx tailwindcss -i ./src/input.css -o ./src/output.css

Alternatively (linux users) you can use the build.sh file to set up this application.

Run the application using Python:

python app.py

Open a browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080.

Build the Docker image:

docker build -t chat-app .

Run the Docker container:

docker run -d -p 8081:8080 chat-app

Access the application at http://localhost:8081.

1. Open the chat application in two separate tabs/windows/devices.
2. Type messages in one window and see them appear in both.
3. Test sending and receiving messages between clients.

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues or pull requests.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.