🧈 Chat Application

This is a simple chat application written in Java, allowing multiple users to connect and communicate with each other.

⛓️ Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/booringreader/butternet.git
   

2. Navigate to the src directory:

   cd butternet/src
   

3. Compile the Client.java and GUI.java files in two different Terminal windows:

   javac Client.java GUI.java
   

4. Open a new terminal window & compile the Server.java file:

   javac Server.java
   

Usage

1. Launch the server by running the following command:

   java Server
   

2. Open two new terminal windows & launch the GUI session of the application by running:

   java -cp . src.GUI
   

3. You can now use the GUI to send and receive messages between the two clients.

Configuration

By default, the server is configured to use port 8000. If this port is already in use on your machine, you can change it in the Server.java & GUI.java files before compiling. Check for open ports on macOS using:

sudo lsof -i -P -n | grep LISTEN