This folder contains my submission to the assignment 4 Chat App in the course PRJ311x_02_VN (Programming Desktop App with Java), a part of the path Software Engineering provided by FUNiX.
- This project simulates simple conversations (or chat) between Server and several Clients.
- Keyword: Java FX (controls, layout, file fxml, scene builder, observable collections), MVC model, Java I/O, stream, Socket programming, TCP, multi-thread.
The project consists of 2 components:
- Client app: The user inferface from Client app should have below features:
- Text fields to connect to server such
host ip,port Usernameof the client participating in the chat with ServerConnectbutton to establish connection to Server- Text area for displaying lines of messages
- Text field to get input and
Sendbutton to send - On clicking
Connectbutton, the button will be greyed out if successful connection established (and ready to chat with server). Otherwise, an alert window will pop up
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| If server don't avail, an alert will appear | If connection is successfully established |
- Server app: The user inferface from Server App consists of:
- A window to display all clients successfully connected to server (in the form of a list view)
- On double click on a specific item in list of connected clients, a "Chat with ..." window will pop up and ready for conversation.
- Server app can handle several Clients at a time.
The demo video can be seen via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHUbeNsygFM
- Add the feature that helps to send file
- Add the feature to save conversations into a flat file and allow user to choose location to save