send a heartbeat every 5 seconds for the other clients

linus · Jul 28, 2011 · 9e80af2 · 9e80af2
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diff --git a/public/javascripts/watchmaker.js b/public/javascripts/watchmaker.js
@@ -249,7 +249,10 @@ var nko = {};
     var dudes = {};
     var ws = io.connect();
     ws.on('connect', function() {
-      ws.send(JSON.stringify({ obj: me }));
+      (function heartbeat() {
+        ws.send(JSON.stringify({ obj: me }));
+        setTimeout(heartbeat, 5000);
+      })();
     });
     ws.on('message', function(data) {
       var data = JSON.parse(data)