README.md

Java Sockets Lab - Basic Chat App

A Java-based chat application that features:

• Multiple chatrooms
• Private rooms with access control and invites
• Commands like /me and /help

Getting Started

The basic chat app requires Java 14 or later.

Quick Start

Download the server JAR, then connect to it with the client JAR.

Building with Gradle

To build the server and client, use:

./gradlew build

(Use gradlew.bat if you're on Windows.)

To run the server, use:

./gradlew server

To run the client, use:

./gradlew client

To generate JAR files, use:

./gradlew serverJar
./gradlew clientJar

Authors

@alevol22 - Sasha Volkova
@anli5005 - Anthony Li
@edwfeng - Edward Feng

Initial chat app code by @atcs-wang