A video chat application using webRTC, socket.io and ReactJS. For live demo, visit frenchat.herokuapp.com. Share the link along with the meeting code to invite more people into the chat. The site is best viewed on Chrome Desktop and Chrome Android. Supports iOS Safari.
For development, you will only need Node.js and a node global package, npm, installed in your environement.
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Just go on official Node.js website and download the installer. Also, be sure to have
gitavailable in your PATH,npmmight need it (You can find git here). -
You can install nodejs and npm easily with apt install, just run the following commands.
$ sudo apt install nodejs $ sudo apt install npm -
You can find more information about the installation on the official Node.js website and the official NPM website.
If the installation was successful, you should be able to run the following command.
$ node --version
v8.11.3
$ npm --version
6.1.0
If you need to update npm, you can make it using npm! Cool right? After running the following command, just open again the command line and be happy.
$ npm install npm -g
$ git clone https://github.com/saidharanidhar/frenchat
$ cd frenchat
$ npm install
$ npm run nodemon
$ npm run build