Multiplayer - expose the express app to the outside.

chr15m · Mar 22, 2012 · 1fae9e2 · 1fae9e2
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diff --git a/demos/multiplayer/example-server.js b/demos/multiplayer/example-server.js
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
-var s = require("../js/multiplayer/server");
+var s = require("../../js/multiplayer/server");
+var express = require("express");
+// serve the jsGameSoup js folder statically
+s.app.use("/js", express.static(__dirname + '/../../js'));
+
 s.start();
 
 // access to all clients:
 console.log("Clients: " + s.clients);
 
 // custom method to tell which clients are proximate to eachother
+// this one partitions the page into one half and people clicking
+// on one half can only see other click/drags on the same half
 s.get_friends = function(client) {
 	// return some subset of s.clients that can be seen by client
 	// you can access client.state to filter clients

diff --git a/demos/multiplayer/index.html b/demos/multiplayer/index.html
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 <!--[if IE]><script src="../js/explorercanvas/excanvas.js"></script><![endif]-->
-<script src="../js/json2.js"></script>
-<script src="../js/jsgamesoup.js"></script>
+<script src="js/json2.js"></script>
+<script src="js/jsgamesoup.js"></script>
 <script src="multiplayer.js"></script>
 <script>
 function startGame(gs) {

diff --git a/js/multiplayer/server.js b/js/multiplayer/server.js
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ var app = express.createServer();
 var client_dir = process.cwd();
 
 // static serve our files
-app.configure(function(){
+app.configure(function() {
 	app.use(express.bodyParser());
 	app.use(express.logger({ format: ':url :method' }));
 	app.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true }));
-	app.use(express.static(client_dir));
 });
 
 /* Statically serve multiplayer.js and test page ****************************************************/
@@ -40,6 +39,9 @@ app.get('/test', function(req, res) {
 	res.sendfile(__dirname + '/test.html');
 });
 
+// give the user access to the express app itself
+this.app = app;
+
 /* dynamic ajaxy stuff for client ****************************************************************/
 
 // unique ID counter for clients