A very simple web chat that uses WebSockets on the client side and Ruby EventMachine (with em-websocket) at the server side.
- Automatic scrolling of chat log
- Automatic refocus on message input after the previous message have been sent
- clone the repo
- Install the bundler gem if you haven’t already:
gem install bundler - Install dependencies using bundler:
bundle install - Start the server:
$ cd server; ruby server.rb - Fire up few browser instances and point them to
/[path you cloned it to]/client/chat.html - Write your nickname and click Join chat.
- After you’ve joined, feel free to send messages by pressing Send
- Any messages you send should appear on other browsers you have started
Runs the server on localhost on port 8080. The client is hardcoded to connect to that server and port. If you want to modify these, you need to modify the source.
- Allow specifying the host and the port the server should run on
- Allow specifying the host and the port the client should connect to
- Allow registering nicknames and displaying a list of already registered nicknames
- Show message after user enters or parts the chat