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+# tcp-chat
+
+A little experiment with python's `socket` module expanded with `sqlite3`, `threading`,
+and `pyqt5` to create a simple server & client chat mimicking IRC.
+
+## Installation
+
+Create and activate a environment if needed, then install the project requirements:
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+I like to use Windows Terminal to run both a server and client simultaneously inside one window.
+
+```bash
+wt -d . -p "Command Prompt" ; sp -d . -p "Command Prompt"
+```
+
+Then in each pane, run the client:
+```bash
+python launch.py c
+```
+and the server:
+```bash
+python launch.py s
+```
+
+## To-do List
+
+Expand to-do list