🚀 Central-Perk Chatroom 🌍

Created by: QIU Runheng 🤝 122090437

💻 Implementation Details

Built with:

• Maven 📦 for project management and dependency handling
• JavaFX 💻 (& Scene Builder) for intuitive and responsive GUI design
• MySQL 🗄️ for user database management

Things I Leanrt:

• Socket Programming 🔌 for robust client-server communication
• Serializable Interface 📡 for object transmission over sockets
• ObjectInputStream & ObjectOutputStream 📨 for serializing/deserializing chat messages
• Thread Handling 🌀 for concurrent processing and smooth user experience

👥 Modules

1. ClientSide 👥
   • Handles user interactions and connects to the server for real-time messaging
2. ServerSide 💻
   • Manages multiple client connections, routes messages, and maintains chatroom integrity

💬 Basic Functionality

• Multi-client chat within a single chatroom 🎙️👥
• User-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) 🎨

🌟 Key Features

1. Sending Text Messages 📝
2. Sending Voice Messages 🎤
3. Sending Pictures 📸
4. User Login and Basic User Database Management 🔐

📝 Todo List

1. Emoji Support 😊😃😁😆
2. Pull-back Message Functionality 🔄
3. Message History 📜
4. Person-to-Person Chatting 🤝
5. Group Creation 👥👥👥

🛠️ How to Use

1. Run the Server on the Server module 🚀
2. Launch Page1 on the Client module for each individual user 🌟

💭 Remark

Long way to go! 🌠 Keep evolving the Central-Perk Chatroom with exciting new features and enhancements. Stay tuned for future updates! 🔜