This repository has the makefile and source code for a chat application using TCP sockets.

This project is made in c++ for a linux environment. It has two files and executables, client and server. The client requires a server instance running somewhere in the network (can be external).

This project uses protocol buffers as message format protocol. You can see the instructions on how to install the compiler here.

The Makefile has three different options, protocol (builds the protobuf cpp library), server(builds the server) and client(builds the client).

To run the server: $ ./server <PORT>

To run the client $ ./client <PORT> <UNAME> <SERVER IP>