• node v0.12.x
• npm
• git
• bower
• Access to a Redis node. (Installing Redis and running redis-server would be sufficient.)

$ git clone https://github.com/Shabonkerz/chat-service.git
$ npm install
$ npm install -g gulp
$ gulp js

If you don't have bower, run this first:

$ npm install -g bower

Then:

$ bower install

Edit port configuration and Redis configuration in /config/app.js.

REDIS_URL environment variable will override the host/port configuration.

$ node ./dist/app

Running node ./dist/app will start an HTTP server using socket.io, a raw TCP server, and a telnet server on the configured ports. To connect, open a raw tcp connection, or telnet connection(I recommend puttytel for both), or open /s3/index.html in a browser to connect via http.

Upon connecting you'll be asked to log in. Simply type a name that isn't in use.

Available commands include:

• /join <room> - Joins specified room. You can only be in multiple rooms, but, for now, chat messages get sent to the most recently joined room.
• /rooms - Lists all available rooms with their headcount.
• /leave - Leaves current room.
• /quit - Disconnects you from the server. Also logs you out beforehand.

Emoticons are provided using emoji-parser. It supports the basic fare of emoticons such as:

:smiley: :+1: :-1: :pizza:

...and many more. See the /s3/bower_components/emoji-parser/emoji directory for a complete list. The filename correlates with the emoticon text. eg. :smiley: turns into smiley.png;