this is probably a broken commit

vckoserver.py

@@ -1,31 +1,35 @@
 import socket
+import time
+import threading
 
-
-def server_program():
-    # get the hostname
-    host = socket.gethostname()
-    port = 5000  # initiate port no above 1024
-
-    server_socket = socket.socket()  # get instance
-    # look closely. The bind() function takes tuple as argument
-    server_socket.bind((host, port))  # bind host address and port together
-
-    # configure how many client the server can listen simultaneously
-    server_socket.listen(5)
-    conn, address = server_socket.accept()  # accept new connection
-    while True:
+class ServerVCKO:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.host = socket.gethostname()
+        self.port = 5000 
+        self.server_socket = socket.socket()  
+        self.server_socket.bind((host, port))
+        self.header_size = 1024
+        self.format = "utf-8"
+        
+    def handle_client(conn, addr):
         print("Connection from: " + str(address))
+        connected = True
+        while connected:
+            msg_length = conn.recv(self.header_size).decode(self.format)
+            msg_length = int(msg_length)
+            msg = conn.recv(msg_length).decode(self.format)
+            print(f"[{addr
+                
+    def start(self):
+        self.server.listen()
         while True:
-            # receive data stream. it won't accept data packet greater than 1024 bytes
-            data = conn.recv(1024).decode()
-            if not data:
-                # if data is not received break
-                break
-            print("from connected user: " + str(data))
-            data = f"you sent: {str(data)}"
-            conn.send(data.encode())  # send data to the client
-        conn.close()  # close the connection
-
-
+            conn, address = server_socket.accept()
+            thread = threading.Thread(target = handle_client, args = (conn, addr))
+            thread.start
+            print(f"Active threads: {threading.activeCount() - 1}")
+            
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    server_program()
+    print("server starting")
+    server = ServerVCKO()
+    server.start()
+