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Spring Boot React Chat App Guide

This document provides a guide to create a real-time chat application using Spring Boot for the backend and React.js for the frontend, utilizing WebSocket and STOMP for message communication. It details the necessary configurations for both the backend and frontend, including setting up WebSocket endpoints and message routing. Additionally, it suggests optional enhancements such as JWT authentication, message storage, UI improvements, and cloud hosting.

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Spring Boot React Chat App Guide

This document provides a guide to create a real-time chat application using Spring Boot for the backend and React.js for the frontend, utilizing WebSocket and STOMP for message communication. It details the necessary configurations for both the backend and frontend, including setting up WebSocket endpoints and message routing. Additionally, it suggests optional enhancements such as JWT authentication, message storage, UI improvements, and cloud hosting.

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Spring Boot + React Chat App using STOMP

Overview

This document explains how to create a real-time chat application using Spring Boot (Backend) and [Link] (Frontend)
with WebSocket and STOMP protocol for message communication.

Technologies Used

- Spring Boot (with WebSocket and STOMP)


- ReactJS (Frontend UI)
- STOMP over SockJS for messaging
- Maven (build tool), npm (frontend)

Backend - Spring Boot Configuration

1. [Link]:
@EnableWebSocketMessageBroker enables broker-based messaging.
registerStompEndpoints registers /ws endpoint for WebSocket handshake.
configureMessageBroker sets destination prefixes.

2. [Link]:
A simple POJO class with sender and content fields.

3. [Link]:
@MessageMapping and @SendTo used to route incoming and outgoing messages.

4. [Link]:
Main class to launch Spring Boot app.

Frontend - [Link]

1. Install packages:
npm install @stomp/stompjs sockjs-client

2. Create [Link]:
- Connects to /ws endpoint using SockJS
- Subscribes to /topic/messages
- Sends messages to /app/send
- Displays all received messages

Running the Application

- Start Backend: ./mvnw spring-boot:run


- Start Frontend: npm start
Ensure Spring Boot is running on port 8080.

Next Steps (Optional Enhancements)


Spring Boot + React Chat App using STOMP

- Add JWT-based Authentication


- Store messages in a database
- Improve UI using Tailwind or Material UI
- Host on cloud (Render, Netlify, Railway, etc.)

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