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Instant Messaging Application using Qt and C++

A socket programming project implemented in Qt and C++ supporting real-time communication.
Developed server and client using Qt in C++ for real-time communication based on TCP protocol.
Supported multiple users login at the same time and implemented group chat function for multiple users.
Used MySQL in the back-end to store the users’ properties and historical messages.
Implemented features for user registration, password reset and change avatar.

Client

Used Qt Widget for the interfaces.
Used TCP protocol for the communication.

Server

Used MySQL as the back-end server to store historical messages.
Used muduo network library https://github.com/chenshuo/muduo

Useage

This project requried server to start on the back end which could start use:

bash start.sh Then the server will run in the backend. User could login to the server and perform functionabilities.