What's the simple way to implement a chat system in Django?

[Kishore Srinivas]

I want to make a chat system in Django, but all those channel stuffs looks difficult , so are there any other simpler way to implement a chat system, thanks

[Samuel Muiruri]

You'll end up needing to use sockets to get a "live chat"  and channels is one of the quickest way to get there.

[Ryan Nowakowski]

You could have each client poll for new messages using good old http get. It won't be quite as responsive or performant though.

[Alex Chiaranda]

is use Firebase for the chat part an option ?