Collaborative Whiteboard App

A collaborative whiteboard app that enables simultaneous real-time interaction among multiple users, allowing them to collaboratively create, edit, and share content on a digital canvas accessible from various locations.

Running instructions

1. Clone this repo
2. Download IntelliJ and install Java 11
3. Open IntelliJ and open the folder containing this repo.
4. In IntelliJ, open up a terminal and run mvn package to build the app.
5. Run java -cp target/pb3-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar pb.WhiteboardPeer to run the app in offline/local mode
6. To run it on collaborative/distributed mode, run java -cp target/pb3-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar pb.WhiteboardServer in a new terminal, then run java -cp target/pb3-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar pb.WhiteboardPeer -port <unique_4_digit_port_number> in 2 separate new terminals (In total 3 terminals)
   • You may run as many Whiteboard Peers as you like, as long as their port numbers are unique.
7. To share a whiteboard, check the 'Shared' option. The whiteboard will now appear under the other peer's whiteboard list.

Demo