Getting Started

Features:

• Real-time messaging using Pusher
• Message notifications and alerts
• Tailwind design for sleek UI
• Tailwind animations and transition effects
• Full responsiveness for all devices
• Credential authentication with NextAuth
• Google authentication integration
• Github authentication integration
• File and image upload using Cloudinary CDN
• Client form validation and handling using react-hook-form
• Server error handling with react-toast
• Message read receipts
• Online/offline user status
• Group chats and one-on-one messaging
• Message attachments and file sharing
• User profile customization and settings
• How to write POST, GET, and DELETE routes in route handlers (app/api)
• How to fetch data in server React components by directly accessing the database (WITHOUT API! like Magic!)
• Handling relations between Server and Child components in a real-time environment
• Creating and managing chat rooms and channels

Tech Stack

• React
• NextJS
• Tailwind
• MongoDB
• Prisma
• Zustand
• TypeScript

Prerequisites

Node version 14.x

Cloning the repository

[email protected]:omrsfylmz/real-time-chat-app.git

Install packages

npm i

Setup .env file

DATABASE_URL=
NEXTAUTH_SECRET=

NEXT_PUBLIC_PUSHER_APP_KEY=
PUSHER_APP_ID=
PUSHER_SECRET=

NEXT_PUBLIC_CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=

GITHUB_ID=
GITHUB_SECRET=

GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=

Setup Prisma

npx prisma db push

Start the app

npm run dev

Available commands

Running commands with npm npm run [command]

command	description
dev	Starts a development instance of the app