Description

Greyboard is an HTML5 multiplayer writeboard.

License

There is no license yet, so please assume the code may only be used for learning purposes and/or hosting a private Greyboard server.

Installation

1. Install the latest version of Node.js.

2. Install the prerequisites for node-canvas:

   $ sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev libjpeg8-dev libpango1.0-dev libgif-dev build-essential g++

3. Install modules in the Greyboard directory:

   $ cd greyboard $ npm install

4. Configure config.json and rooms/*/config.json with your editor of choice.

5. Start Greyboard:

   $ node app.js

Libraries used

• Socket.io
• JSON2
• Tinycolor
• Underscore.js

On the server side only:

• Express web framework
• Node-canvas

On the client side only:

• JQuery
• JQuery-ui [being phased out, used only for slider]
• Twitter Bootstrap
• LAB.js [async loading]
• URI.js