A full-stack Chat Application built using Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, and EJS. This project demonstrates RESTful APIs and CRUD operations to manage chat messages between users.

🚀 Features

Create new chat messages

View all messages

Edit existing messages

Delete messages

RESTful routing implementation

MongoDB database integration

Server-side rendering using EJS

🛠️ Tech Stack Backend: Node.js, Express.js

Database: MongoDB

ODM: Mongoose

Template Engine: EJS

Styling: CSS

📂 Project Structure chat-app/ │ ├── models/ │ └── chat.js ├── views/ ├── public/ ├── app.js ├── package.json └── .gitignore ⚙️ Installation & Setup

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/muskanm07/chatApp_application.git

Navigate to the project folder:

cd chatApp_application

Install dependencies:

npm install

Start the server:

node index.js

Open in browser:

http://localhost:8080 📚 Learning Outcomes

Understanding of CRUD operations

RESTful API development

Database schema design with Mongoose

Backend routing and middleware

Connecting frontend forms with backend logic

👩‍💻 Author

Muskan Maurya