Real Time Chat in C++ using Berkeley Sockets 💬

Overview 📖

This project aims to demonstrate the usage of Berkeley Sockets to create a real-time chat application. The application is platform-agnostic, with support for Windows, Linux, and Unix-like systems. The project uses object-oriented programming and factory patterns to encapsulate socket functionality, making it easy to use and extend.

Features ✨

• Cross-platform support (Windows, Linux, Unix-like)
• UDP and TCP protocols (UDP for future implementations)
• Scalable and extendable architecture
• Factory patterns for easy object creation

Headers 📁

• PlatformErrorIncludes.h: Includes platform-specific headers for error handling.
• PlatformSocketIncludes.h: Includes platform-specific headers for socket programming.
• SocketAddress.h: Provides a class for handling IP addresses and ports.
• SocketAddressFactory.h: Factory class for creating SocketAddress objects.
• SocketFactory.h: Factory class for creating TCPSocket and UDPSocket objects.
• SocketUtil.h: Utility functions for reporting and handling errors.
• TCPSocket.h: Class that encapsulates TCP socket functionality.
• UDPSocket.h: Class that encapsulates UDP socket functionality.

Source Files 📂

• main.cpp: The entry point for the application.
• TCPSocket.cpp: Implementation of TCPSocket class.
• UDPSocket.cpp: Implementation of UDPSocket class.

Installation & Running 🚀

Note

Still in development

Windows 🪟

• Visual Studio installed with C++ Support
• Open the .sln build the project

Linux / Unix 🐧

• Ensure you have g++ and make installed on your system.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential

• Open terminal and navigate to the project directory.

cd /RealTimeChat

• Run the following command to compile the project:

g++ -o RealTimeChat src/*.cpp

• Run the output binary to start the program

./RealTimeChat

Author 👤

Bloodmask

License📜

License This project is licensed under the MIT License.