Chat!

Chat! is an online chat site with private & group chat ⛺

Notes:

chat-app: React app, Web client
moonrise-kingdom: Laravel app, handles persistent logics
chat: Spring Boot app, handles chat logics

*chat messages travel on STOMP over WebSocket

Architecture Map:

Requirements:

Some Thoughts...

The application adopts a publish-subscribe pattern to realize Web-based chatting:

Spring Boot server + RabbitMQ server as Event notification server (ENS)
React app Web client as Consumer client & Publisher client

Implementation Reference (chat features):

Build a Chat Application using Spring Boot + WebSocket + RabbitMQ - JavaInUse