In 2012 I've attended the NodeKnockout Hackathon and coded a Remote Control for Grooveshark which landed me the 3rd place in the category Utility/Fun.
Motivated by the best place at a Hackathon yet, I coded this concept of a general purpose remote control for the web. After I've put the first (and only) version online, I've pursued other things and development stalled.
Now I am releasing the source code (which is over 3 years old in 2016) for anybody to see, learn from and modify.
Have fun!
First install all the third party tools and libraries via:
npm install
bower install
npm install coffee-script -g
Next we need to initialize the flat files for storing the numbers of visits and pairings:
mkdir statistics
echo 1 > statistics/visits.txt
echo 1 > statistics/pairings.txt
Since we are using multiple devices (desktop and mobile(s)) to test the whole thing, we need to specify the IP address for the local network. First find out your IP in your network, if you are on a Unix:
ifconfig
Then update the hardcoded IP address in the following files:
./app/index.html./app/remote.html./app/scripts/socket.coffee./app/scripts/desktop/qrcode.coffee
Sweet. Now let's start the backend socket server:
coffee server/socket.coffee
And the frontend development server:
gulp
If everything is working fine, visit http://<local-ip-address>:9000.
Please note that your phone must be on the same network in order to test the pairing successfully.
- remotes picture: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/79818573@N04/10730490594/sizes/k/
- phone picture: http://dribbble.com/shots/1193973-Flat-Nexus-4-Phone
- css spinners: http://css-spinners.com/#/spinner/gauge/