[DFW.pm] CGI Web Socket

[Jerry Kassebaum]

Hi Stuart.

Did you get the web socket to actually work for you? I'd like the url to see it in action.

Let me know if you want to come by for a homebrew!

Jerry

> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:18:51 -0500
> From: saj at thecommune.net
> To: dfw-pm at pm.org
> Subject: Re: [DFW.pm] CGI Web Socket
> 
> A few notes:
> 
> I don't know why but the Standalone Plack backend does not work. Install 
> Twiggy.  This should do it:
> 
> cpanm PocketIO Plack::App::File Plack::Builder Plack::Middleware::Static 
> Plack::Handler::Twiggy
> 
> 'plackup chat.psgi' starts up the server and will give you a local 
> address like: http://0.0.0.0:5000/
> 
> This works but the chat.html file will be cached when you connect this 
> way.  If you want to play around with the frontend use 
> http://0.0.0.0:5000/chat.html and you won't have to restart the server 
> every time you change the html.
> 
> Now I just need to find an excuse to use this at $work!
> 
> 
> 
> On 04/13/2013 06:20 PM, Stuart A Johnston wrote:
> > PDXPM did a talk on this topic on Thursday.  What I gather is that you
> > need a frontend library and a compatible backend.  Socket.IO and SockJS
> > seem to be the most popular frontends.  Both have Perl modules for the
> > backend, written by the same guy and based on Plack.
> >
> > PocketIO has a more interesting example and a longer history so I'm
> > going to give that a try.
> >
> > https://metacpan.org/module/PocketIO
> > https://metacpan.org/source/VTI/PocketIO-0.15/examples/chat
> >
> >
> > On 04/13/2013 04:13 PM, Jerry Kassebaum wrote:
> >> Could someone please give me  an HTML/JavaScript file and a Perl/CGI
> >> file to get me started with web sockets?
> >>
> >> I'd suggest something like this. A Firefox tab and a Google Chrome tab
> >> each are open to the same HTML/JavaScript site. The site has three
> >> buttons. When I press any button in either browser it changes color PLUS
> >> sends a message to my server which in turn sends a message through the
> >> web socket so that the corresponding button in the other browser also
> >> changes color.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance! I'm willing to bribe with homebrew (mine) or homemade
> >> wine (my wife's) if that will help.
> >>
> >> Jerry Kassebaum
> >>
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