README.md

Rusty Chat

Rusty Chat is a chat server written entirely in Rust that allows various users to communicate via a remote connection.

Overview

Dependencies

• GTK+
• Rust

Instructions

• To see the options for the server, do:

  cd server
  cargo build
  ./target/debug/chat-server --help
  

  Mainly, running the executable with -r runs the server through the host IP, so that different machines can connect to it. The default ip is localhost
• To see the options for the client, do:

  cd client
  cargo build
  ./target/debug/chat-client --help
  

  Running the executable alone connects to the client to localhost, otherwise an IP address can be specified as an argument

Code Architecture

• Server
  • Take advantage of Rust’s concurrency
  • Receive/relay messages to the channel
  • Keep track of connected users
• Client
  • Terminal chat window (GUI)
  • Let user send messages and change nickname

Contributors (aka the jaded rustaceans)

• Emma "Crusty" Suarez
• Megan Paik
• Yash Palkhiwala

Acknowledgements

This project was developed as a final project for CIS 198 at the University of Pennsylvania in Fall 2018