Chatroom

Real-time chat application built using the Ruby on Rails framework.

Prerequisite

• Ruby version: 2.6.3

• Rails version: 6.0.0

• Supported OS: macOS, Linux

• Configurations: 4GB RAM

Installation

• Ruby on Rails

• PostgresSQL

• Redis

Build resource

From the root of the app directory, run

# This sets up the library installation with database creation and migration
./init.sh

After running the init script, start the server by running

foreman start

In web browser open http://localhost:5000

Tech stack

• Ruby on Rails v6.0.0 -> Web framework
• PostgresSQL 9.6 -> Database
• Redis 5.0.5 -> Caching
• Sidekiq 5.2 -> Message broker and background jobs
• ActionCable -> Enabling web sockets

References

https://iridakos.com/tutorials/2019/04/04/creating-chat-application-rails-websockets.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaJB2tZdSII