Chat System is a decentralized communication software created as part of the 4 IR program at INSA Toulouse. It enables users to communicate with each other on the same network. It is developed in Java and is designed to be deployed on a closed corporate network: no Internet connection is required.
- Discover the network to get connected users.
- Connection to the system
- Change username
- Disconnection
- Messaging
- History of messages
- Extra
You will need Maven and Java (version >=17).
Download the latest release on GitHub
Launch the program either by double-clicking on it, or run java -jar Chat-System-Release-{version}.jar
mkdir -p ~/bin
cd ~/bin
wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.9.5/binaries/apache-maven-3.9.5-bin.tar.gz -O maven.tar.gz
tar xf maven.tar.gz
echo 'export PATH=~/bin/apache-maven-3.9.5/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrcClone the repository to get the source code:
git clone https://github.com/insa-4ir-chatsystem/chatsystem-bonnet-cazeneuve.gitYou can also download the ZIP file and unzip it.
To compile it, you will use Maven, run the following command:
mvn clean packageThe program uses Swing, any X environment variable should be set.
To run it, execute the following command:
java -jar target/chatsystem-bonnet-cazeneuve-1.1-jar-with-dependencies.jarChange the 1.1 in the command with the current version of the project visible in pom.xml.
You can find reports on the development process we have followed and UML diagrams in the docs folder:
You can know more about the tech stack, testing policy and highlights in java-report.md.