# Simple chat application The project is simple chat app. Built on [React.js](https://reactjs.org/) and [Firebase Realtime Database](https://firebase.google.com/products/realtime-database). ## Usage 1. The first time you start, you must enter a name. It is stored in local storage ![alt text](screen-4.png "Enter name") 2. You can enter messages in the field at the bottom of the window. Foreign messages are shown in blue. Your messages are shown in yellow. ![alt text](screen-5.png "Chat window") ## Setup 1. Sign in to Firebase console 2. Create new project ![alt text](screen-1.png "Create project") 3. Add web app for your project. Click on `` icon ![alt text](screen-2.png "Add app") 4. Copy and store the configuration details ![alt text](screen-3.png "Configuration details") 5. Clone repository 6. Run `npm install` 7. Copy file `.env.example` and rename it to `.env`. Fill up the file with your Firebase configuration details. 8. Run `npm start` for development 9. Run `npm build` for production build This project was bootstrapped with [Create React App](https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app).