# Chatrooms

A collection of chatting rooms built with WebSocket technology.

## Overview

This project consists of a WebSocket server and web frontend for real-time chat functionality. The server implements a custom WebSocket protocol, and the frontend provides a simple web interface for connecting to chat rooms.

## Project Structure

```
chatrooms/
├── server/           # WebSocket server implementation
│   └── src/
│       ├── net/      # Network layer and WebSocket implementation
│       └── index.ts  # Server entry point
├── frontend/web/     # Web frontend
│   └── src/
│       ├── main.ts   # Frontend WebSocket client
│       └── style.css # Styles
└── package.json      # Root workspace configuration
```

## Architecture

- **Server**: Node.js TypeScript server with custom WebSocket implementation
- **Frontend**: Vanilla TypeScript web client using Vite for development
- **Workspace**: Managed as npm workspaces for monorepo development

## Prerequisites

- Node.js (version specified in `.nvmrc`)
- npm

## Installation

```bash
npm install
```

## Development

### Start the server
```bash
npm run dev:server
```

The server will start on port 3000.

### Start the web frontend
```bash
npm run dev:web
```

### Linting

```bash
# Lint server code
npm run lint:server

# Lint and fix server code
npm run lint:fix:server
```

## Features

- Custom WebSocket server implementation
- Real-time bidirectional communication
- Connection management with keep-alive
- TypeScript throughout the stack
- Development tools with hot reload

## Author

Alexander Zinn

## License

ISC