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Real-Time Chat with Node.js and WebSocket
# Real-Time Chat with Node.js and WebSocket
Creating a chat server with pure Node.js helps understand how WebSocket works under the hood.
## Step-by-Step Implementation
1. **Setup WebSocket Server**
```js
const WebSocket = require('ws');
const server = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 8080 });
server.on('connection', socket => {
socket.on('message', message => {
server.clients.forEach(client => {
if (client.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
client.send(message);
}
});
});
});
```
2. **Basic Client**
```html
```
## Conclusion
With just a few lines of code, you can have a lightweight chat backend running.
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