initial chat client server working (not using gob)

assignment1/client.go

 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
-	"bufio"
-	"encoding/gob"
 )
 
-func client() {
+func main() {
 	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", "localhost:5000")
-	//defer conn.Close()
 
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Err:", err)
-		return
 	}
 
 	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
 	for {
-		msg, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
-		fmt.Println(msg)
-		err = gob.NewEncoder(conn).Encode(msg)
+		msg, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("Err:", err)
+			fmt.Println("Err: ", err)
 		}
+		fmt.Println(msg)
+		conn.Write([]byte(msg))
 	}
-}
 
-func main() {
-	go client()
-	var input string
-	fmt.Scanln(&input)
+	conn.Close()
 }

assignment1/server.go

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"encoding/gob"
 	"net"
+	"bytes"
 )
 
 func startServer() {
@@ -26,13 +26,17 @@ func startServer() {
 }
 
 func handleClient(conn net.Conn) {
-	//defer conn.Close()
-	var msg string
 	for {
-		err := gob.NewDecoder(conn).Decode(&msg)
+		buf := make([]byte, 1024)
+		_, err := conn.Read(buf)
+		
 		if err != nil {
-			//fmt.Println("Err: ", err)
-		} else {
+			fmt.Println("Err: ", err)
+		}
+
+		n := bytes.Index(buf, []byte{0})
+		if n != 0 {
+			msg := string(buf[:n-1])
 			fmt.Println("Received: ", msg)
 		}
 	}