udp-chat

Asynchronous UDP-based chat application

Hosted at udpchat://209.97.187.173

How to set up and run the application.

1. Create a python virtual enviroment

1. Run python3 -m venv venv to create the virtual enviroment.
2. Run source venv/bin/activate to activate the virtual enviroment.
3. Run pip install -e . to install dependencies to the virtual environment

2. Starting the server

On localhost

1. Run python3 -m udp_chat.server to start running the server.

On specified IP address

1. Run python3 -m udp_chat.server (IP address) (port number) to start running the server

3. Starting a client GUI

In a new terminal:

Connect to a server on localhost

1. Run python3 -m udp_chat.gui_client to start the client GUI

Connect to a server IP address

1. Run python3 -m udp_chat.gui_client (IP address) (port number) to start the client GUI

4. Starting a command line client

Note: Must already have created an account

In a new terminal:

Connect to a server on localhost

1. Run python3 -m udp_chat.client to start the client

Connect to a server IP address

1. Run python3 -m udp_chat.client (IP address) (port number) to start the client GUI

5. Delete the enviroment

1. Run rm -rf venv to delete the virtual enviroment