# Simple Chat

This is a simple one-room chat application with user management, developed as a school project for study purposes.

**Not recommended for production use.**

A test protocol can be found here: [simple_chat_testprotokoll.pdf](simple_chat_testprotokoll.pdf)

## Running with Docker

```sh
docker compose -f docker/compose.yml up
```

### Running in Development Mode

With Docker:

```sh
BUILD_TARGET=dev docker compose -f docker/compose.yml
```

Then, install dependencies for the frontend and start the development server:

```sh
cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev
```

For the backend, install dependencies and run the server:

```sh
pip install -r simple_chat_api/requirements.txt
python -m simple_chat_api
```