django-chat

A chatting app made with django-rest-framework, django-signal & react.js

Installation Process

To install this app please follow this below steps:

Run Backend

1. Create a virtual environment `virtualenv venv`
2. And activate it `source venv/bin/activate`(for ubuntu) `venv\Scripts\activate`(for windows)
3. Then change the directory to server/ and install dependencies `pip install -r requirements.txt`
4. Migrate to database `python manage.py migrate`
5. Now run the server `python manage.py runserver`

Run Front-end

1. Change the directory to clients/
2. Install dependencies `npm install`
3. Now start the server `npm start`

Now you'll be redirected to localhost:3000 Then open two browser window and do the signup with name, email, profile image and start chatting from two different window.