Modified port and client name handling

client.go

@@ -10,14 +10,18 @@ import (
 var exit = make(chan bool)
 
 func main() {
+	port := ":8080"
+
 	fmt.Print("Welcome to TracebookMessenger!\nWhat is your name? : ")
 	var name string
 	fmt.Scanln(&name)
-	fmt.Println(name)
-
+
 	fmt.Println("Type a message and press ENTER to chat.")
 	// Connect to server socket
-	conn, _ := net.Dial("tcp", ":8080")
+	conn, _ := net.Dial("tcp", port)
+
+	//send name
+	fmt.Fprintf(conn, name+"\n")
 
 	go sendMessage(conn, name)
 	go recieveMessage(conn)
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ func sendMessage(c net.Conn, n string) {
 		input := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
 		msg, _ := input.ReadString('\n')
 		// Send to server socket
-		fmt.Fprintf(c, "( "+n+" ) : "+msg+"\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(c, msg+"\n")
 	}
 }
 

server.go

@@ -9,25 +9,33 @@ import (
 type Client struct {
 	conn     net.Conn
 	loggedIn bool
+	name     string
 }
 
 var clients = []Client{}
 
 func main() {
 
-	fmt.Println("Welcome to TracebookMessenger!")
+	port := ":8080"
 
-	ln, _ := net.Listen("tcp", ":8080")
+	fmt.Println("--------------------------------------------")
+	fmt.Println("|      Welcome to TracebookMessenger!      |")
+	fmt.Println("|  Listening for connections on port " + port + " |")
+	fmt.Println("--------------------------------------------")
+
+	ln, _ := net.Listen("tcp", port)
 
 	for {
-		// Accept connection
+		// Accept connection and grab client name
 		conn, _ := ln.Accept()
-		fmt.Println("New Client Connected.")
+		name, _ := bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadString('\n')
+		name = name[:len(name)-1] // strips the newline character from input
 
 		// Add to list of clients
-		c := Client{conn, true}
+		c := Client{conn, true, name}
 		clients = append(clients, c)
 
+		fmt.Println("***New Client Connected : " + c.name)
 		go c.start()
 	}
 }
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@ func (c Client) start() {
 		msg, _ := bufio.NewReader(c.conn).ReadString('\n')
 
 		// Log incomming message
-		fmt.Print(string(msg))
+		fmt.Print(string("( " + c.name + " ) : " + msg))
 
 		// Echo back to all clients except the sender
 		for _, client := range clients {