NodeJS realtime Chat

My First NodeJS app an realtime ChatBox

• Chatbox is realtime with socket.io
• Username to enter
• Flood protection
• Command line usage: /help
• RequireJS module
• Chat can customised by an settings array
• Private messaging
• On unreaded privated message(s), the sender in userlist blinks with the amount of unreaded messages
• On unreaded privated message(s) the document title change to total unreaded message (animated)
• Super user mode with telnet
• Send an messag through telnet to an specific chat member
• Kick an specific chat user through telnet

Requirements

• async
• bootstrap
• express
• jquery
• requirejs
• socket.io

Install requirements

sudo npm install

How to start

sudo node chatbox.js

How to start this chat as an service:

sudo forever start -l forever.log -o out.log -e err.log -a chatbox.js

Problems and fixes

1. When you got problems with ubuntu server because it can't find the node command execute the following line:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/sbin/node node /usr/bin/nodejs 99

Demo

Realtime Chatbox demo

Telnet

telnet dutchprogrammer.nl 9102