[DFW.pm] CGI Web Socket

[Stuart A Johnston]

Yes it did work but I was just running it on my desktop.  Did you try 
it?  I'd be happy to help remotely.

On 04/16/2013 07:16 AM, Jerry Kassebaum wrote:
> 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