WebSocket, Socket, and PubNub Pub/Sub Messaging in Node.js
This repo contains some example code for making a Node.js socket server and client, a WebSocket server and client, and also PubNub based messaging with JavaScript. There is an example with browser JavaScript as well. Check out the YouTube video to see the code running if you don't want to take the time to clone and run.
YouTube Video of Node.js WebSocket Examples
Tutorial Blog Post on PubNub Blog
Running the Code
- Install Node.js and NPM
- Clone this repo to your machine
npm install
Node.js Socket Example
- Open 2 command line windows
node server.js
- In the other window...
node client.js
Node.js WebSocket Example
npm install
if you haven't alreadynode websocket-server.js
- Open
client.html
in your web browser
PubNub Pub/Sub Messaging Example
- Sign up for a free PubNub Account and insert your free API keys into
pubnub-client1.js
andpubnub-client2.js
- Open 2 command line windows
npm install
if you haven't alreadynode pubnub-client1.js
- In the other window...
node pubnub-client2.js