Description

Small chat template app based on pure django (with django authentication) and ajax client page. Client page uses jQuery.

Local setup in debial/ubuntu

git clone https://github.com/AcckiyGerman/django-simple-chat-app/
cd django-simple-chat-app

create virtual environment

either by python utility (sudo apt install python3-venv):

python3 -m venv venv

or you can use virtualenv (sudo apt install virtualenv):

virtualenv venv

load environment

source venv/bin/activate

initialize project

pip install -r requirements.txt
python manage.py makemigrations chatroom
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser

run

python manage.py runserver

Now go to http://localhost:8000 and check the site is working (login page must to appear)

then go to http://localhost:8000/admin , log in with admin credentials and in the Django admin page you can create few users to test the chat.

Use chat itself on http://localhost:8000/