# RAD Chat Room - Part 1

DevFeed: [RAD Chat Room - Part 1](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/rad-chat-room-part-1-19486.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/rad-chatroom-part-1/>)

Author: Steve Hannah

Published: 2020-04-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [mvc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mvc.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [mvc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mvc.md>), [project](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

A step-by-step tutorial on using the RADChatRoom library and CodeRAD in a Codename One application. It introduces the ChatRoomView component, explains the MVC-based setup, and covers project creation, CSS activation, and dependency installation.

## Source excerpt

This tutorial describes how to use the RADChatRoom library to quickly and easily add a nice-looking, fully functional chat room to your Codename One application. This is part 1 of a multi-part series of posts over the next few weeks. The finished product will look like the following: You can download the full source of this tutorial's project here. You can also try it out yourself here.