Chatty

Install

First bundle it in your Gemfile:

gem "chatty"

Execute bundle install.

Throw something like this in your application.js.coffee:

#= require chatty

Trow this in your ApplicationHelper:

class ApplicationHelper
  include Chatty::ChatsHelper
end

Add abilities for who can create and access chats through CanCan:

class Ability
  include CanCan::Ability
  
  def initialize(user)
    if user
      can :show, Chatty::Chat
      
      can [:new, :create], Chatty::Message
      can [:edit, :update], Chatty::Message do |message|
        if message.user == user
          true
        else
          false
        end
      end
      
      if user.email == "admin@example.com"
        can :manage, Chatty::Chat
        can :manage, Chatty::Message
      end
    end
  end
end

Usage

Create a chat somewhere in your code:

chat = Chatty::Chat.new(:user => current_user)

Show that same chat in a view:

<%= chatty_chat(@chat) %>

Try to view that chat with the user that got attached and with an admin in another window. Now start chatting!

Inspect the HTML to style that shit yourself!