Deploy a React Chat App to Heroku

The article provides a comprehensive tutorial on building a chat application using React and Stream Chat, with features like user authentication and real-time messaging. It guides readers through the setup process, starting with prerequisites such as a working installation of Node, npm, and MongoDB, and a basic understanding of React and JavaScript. The tutorial covers the steps to create an account with Stream Chat, initialize chat components, and set up a server using Express and MongoDB for handling authentication. The frontend is built using React, styled with TailwindCSS, and features a login/signup form that redirects to a chat view upon successful authentication. The article also explains how to create context and provider components to manage global state within the application. Readers are instructed on how to integrate Stream's chat components to enable rich chat features like typing indicators and media sharing. Finally, the tutorial includes steps for deploying the application to Heroku, ensuring that users can take their chat app public. The article encourages further enhancement, such as persisting authentication states locally, and provides the project's source code on GitHub for reference.