Building a Replit to Replit Chat App Using Node.js

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Socket.io

Create the chat server using Express and Socket.io.

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replit

We'll use the Replit web IDE for developing and running our chat app. We will end up with one Replit project that runs the chat server, and as many client Replit projects as you want to chat between. You'll need a Replit account for this tutorial, so create an account if you haven't already.

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ExpressJS

We need to start with a web framework that will be able to route incoming requests from chat clients. We'll use Express, a popular Node.js web framework. In the default index.js file, add a reference to expressjs and create a new express app:.

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