gochat

A simple multi user client/server chat application written in Go using less than 250 loc. Useful to learn how to deal with concurrency in Go (goroutines, channels, and mutexes).

Usage

Launch the server: go run src/cmd/server/server.go

Launch one or more clients: go run src/cmd/client/client.go

Commands

• !quit to leave the chat
• !name [your-name] to change your name
• !dm [user] [message] to send a private message to a user