#WindBot Chat WindBot Chat is powered by socket.io for the real-time engine, Redis for the messages store and React for the web page view.

##Requirements

• Node.js or io.js installed
• A working MySQL Server
• A working Redis Server

##Init the Test DB Create a forum_db database in your MySQL server and then import the backup database included in the root of this project.

mysql -u root -p[root_password] forum_db < forum_db.sql

This database will come with a few vBulletin test users:

UserId	Username	Password	Usergroup	NumPosts
1	Admin	admin	Admin	1
2	Moderator	mod	Moderator	0
3	User1	user1	Registered	300
4	User2	user2	Registered	200

If you need to login with any of those users just access: http://localhost:3001/login

##Setup You are gonna need gulp to build the React front-end. I also recommend using nodemon to automatically restart whenever you make changes to the back-end.

npm install -g gulp nodemon

After setting up everything and initializing the database you must install the project dependencies:

npm install

##Start Server You can start the Socket.io server by starting up 'bin/www'

nodemon ./bin/www

Then you can open up it in your browser:

http://localhost:3001

##Start React Building System You can start the React building system by starting up gulp.

gulp

The compiled content goes to the 'build' folder.