GoChat

This is a proof of concept project implementing simple chat over websockets in Go. The project is heavily inspired by Gary Burd.

Installation

Copy the public/ directory to your web server's document root or create a symlink.

git clone https://github.com/rlaffers/golang-websocket.git
cp -R golang-websocket.git/public /var/www/go-chat
# or create a symlink
ln -s golang-websocket.git/public /var/www/go-chat

Usage

Start the websocket server:

bin/backend

Navigate to http://localhost/go-chat in your browser and have fun.

Development

To recompile the websocket server, following requirements must be met:

• Go 1.2
• Websocket library from Gorilla Toolkit

go get github.com/gorilla/websocket

Authors

• Druid33
• rlaffers

Credits

• Gary Burd