XSockets.NET - Examples

XSockets.NET is a realtime communication platform. XSockets.NET is available on nuget This examples will show you the basics in XSockets.NET JavaScript API and the server side API for building plugins.

"Blogpost on getting started with XSockets"

XSockets examples...

Some stuff built on XSockets

• Remote controlled presentation
• XSockets on Azure
• XFiddle - A realtime playground for JavaScript
• JSFiddle simple chat
• JSFiddle image resize
• XSockets and Wijmo

JavaScript - A first example...

Open a connection to a server on localhost and our controller named Demo...

ws = new XSockets.WebSocket("ws://127.0.0.1:4502/Demo", "Demo");

Listen for the 'mytest' message

ws.bind('mytest',function(data){
    console.log(data);
});

Send a custom message with an event named "mytest" to the server.

ws.trigger('mytest',{Message:'Hello World'});

C# - A first example

If you do not listen for messages (or intercept them) on the server, they will pass right through and will be sent to everyone listening for them. But here we show howto create a simple plugin intercepting our 'mytest' message.

//Export so that the class can be detected by the plugin framework
[Export(typeof(IXBaseSocket))]
//Set the Alias -> MyXSocketController could be named anything
//The Alias is the name you will connect to
[XBaseSocketMetadata("Demo", Constants.GenericTextBufferSize)]
//We would probably name the class the same thing as the Alias, but we dont just to show that it doesnt matter
public partial class DemoController : XBaseSocket
{

/// <summary>
    /// To hit this method trigger a event named 'mytest'
    /// and pass in JSON = {Message:'your message'}
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="Message"></param>
    [HandlerEvent("mytest")]
    public void DemoMyTest(string Message)
    {
        Debug.WriteLine("SingleParameterBinding");
        Debug.WriteLine("Message:{0}", Message);
        Debug.WriteLine("");

        //Will send the message to all clients listening.
        //There are lots of other ways to send messages and filter where to send them.
        this.SendToAll(new {Message=Message},"mytest");
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// This method is required since its abstract in XBaseSocket
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public override IXBaseSocket NewInstance()
    {
        //Return a new instance of your plugin.
        return new DemoController();
    }
}

A working project...

You can download the project found under the src directory and try more examples.

The sample project was created by doing the following.

• Created a new MVC3 project in Visual Studio (2010 or 2012)
• Ran 'Install-Package XSockets' in the package manager console
• Created a new plugin by running 'Scaffold XSocketHandler Demo'
• Wrote some examples in C# as well as a simple demopage (democontrollerpage.html) under GettingStartedWithXSockets\XSockets

Create your own project from scratch

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