The Complete XMPP Course: Android/iOS Apps Chat Server Setup

XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) is an open communication protocol used for chat purposes. XMPP is often used for building a variety of applications, including chat clients, messaging servers, and presence services.

This course will teach you everything you need to know to get started with XMPP. From the basics of XMPP and setting up the XMPP server to develop XMPP chat applications for Android and iOS.

The Complete XMPP Course Overview

This course can benefit professionals who wish to improve their knowledge of XMPP server and client technologies. It also benefits beginners who are interested in learning more about the technology underlying chat programs. Business owners who want to launch a chat server application under the "Software as a Service" concept also benefit from this course.

Let us look at the concepts discussed in this course:

• An overview of the XMPP protocol, which is widely used for chat and messaging apps
• Configuring an Amazon Web Services virtual private server, or EC2, running Ubuntu Linux.
• Install the lightweight, effective open-source chat server Prosody after comparing the popular chat servers.
• Check out Prosody's default configuration options to get started.
• Install a few extra modules that are required for file sending and other tasks.
• Set up an SSL certificate on our chat server to increase security and safety.
• Install and customize the Pidgin chat program for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Open Source)
• Install and customize the Conversations Android chat application (Open Source)
• Install and customize the Chat Secure iOS chat application (Open Source)