Chat App – MVP

This is a minimal chat application built with Next.js (Frontend), Express (Backend), and PostgreSQL (Database). The entire app is containerized and runs with Docker Compose.

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🚀 Quick Start

📦 Prerequisites

• Docker & Docker Compose installed
• Ports 3000, 5000, and 5432 available on your machine

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⚙️ How to Run

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/mgalinski10/chat-app.git

2. Navigate to the Docker setup directory:

cd chat-app/docker

3. Start all services using Docker Compose:

docker compose up --build

This will:

• Start the PostgreSQL database on port 5432
• Launch the backend server on port 5000
• Start the frontend (Next.js) on http://localhost:3000

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