# MERN Stack Project: Build and Deploy a Real Time Chat App | JWT, Socket.io  [Video Tutorial on Youtube](https://youtu.be/HwCqsOis894) Some Features: - 🌟 Tech stack: MERN + Socket.io + TailwindCSS + Daisy UI - 🎃 Authentication && Authorization with JWT - 👾 Real-time messaging with Socket.io - 🚀 Online user status (Socket.io and React Context) - 👌 Global state management with Zustand - 🐞 Error handling both on the server and on the client - ⭐ At the end Deployment like a pro for FREE! - ⏳ And much more! ### Setup .env file ```js PORT=... MONGO_DB_URI=... JWT_SECRET=... NODE_ENV=... ``` ### Build the app ```shell npm run build ``` ### Start the app ```shell npm start ```