NodeJS + socket.io: simple Client/Server example not working

Question

I’m using NodeJS v0.4.8 and the latest Version of socket.io from

npm install socket.io

on Ubuntu:

Linux m

Answer 1

I also(like Derrish) like to use express framework to simplify my work(AWESOME :)). You can download and extract this sample from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/314941/socketio.zip. I believe you don't even have to install these modules because I have bundled them locally(just run) thanks to npm :).

How to install:

alfred@alfred-laptop:~/tmp/socketio$ uname -a
Linux alfred-laptop 2.6.35-28-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 18 19:00:26 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
alfred@alfred-laptop:~/tmp$ wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/314941/socketio.zip
alfred@alfred-laptop:~/tmp$ unzip socketio.zip
alfred@alfred-laptop:~/tmp$ cd socketio/
alfred@alfred-laptop:~/tmp/socketio$ node -v
v0.4.7
alfred@alfred-laptop:~/tmp/socketio$ npm -v
1.0.6
alfred@alfred-laptop:~/tmp/socketio$ node app.js

The code:

app.js:

// npm install express
// npm install socket.io

var sys         = require('sys'),
        express = require('express'),
        app         = express.createServer('127.0.0.1'),
        io          = require('socket.io'); 

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    res.send('Hello World');
});

app.listen(3000);

var socket = io.listen(app); 

socket.on('connection', function (client){ 
  // new client is here!
  setTimeout(function () {
        client.send('Waited two seconds!');
    }, 2000);

  client.on('message', function () {
  }) ;

  client.on('disconnect', function () {
  });
});

public/index.html:

socket.io

 


 

Listing of my modules:

alfred@alfred-laptop:~/tmp/socketio$ npm ls
/home/alfred/tmp/socketio
├─┬ express@2.3.11 
│ ├── connect@1.4.6 
│ ├── mime@1.2.2 
│ └── qs@0.1.0 
└── socket.io@0.6.18

Installed modules(NOT necessary):

npm install express
npm install socket.io

Browser will display:

1. socket.io on start, but probably you can't see this because it will be replaced with connected.
2. connected when the user connects to socket.io.
3. After 2 seconds it will display Waited two seconds!