Show HN: Webchat with API in just ~60 lines of NodeJS

[kaerast]

http://fayechat.kaerast.info/

[asymptotic]

Remember twitch.me (node.js realtime chat)? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1840914

Chat.io, new HTML5 / Node.JS-powered social group, launches http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2343840

Show HN: Node.js console chat http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2391389

The node.js chat server that was posted earlier http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=980838

Show HN: Meet the new Ajax IM (with Node.js) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1127654

NodeChat http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1866401

Ragechat: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1889883

Using node.js, <blah blah>, to make a real time chat app http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2306423

Chat system with WebSocket and node.js http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1020577

Hey man, doing anything constructive with your free time is a rare and admirable trait. But really, another Node.js chat application? Really?

[kaerast → asymptotic]

Sure there's plenty of node.js chat systems out there, but this is quite a nice demo of Faye and how easy it is to build with it.

The Node.JS examples shared previously have been more complete systems from what I can tell, this is a very minimal app designed as basis for you to build something bigger and better. Rather than complaining about needing extra features, fork the code and build something fun and worthwhile.

[DTrejo → kaerast]

Can you talk about faye vs other chat options?

[kaerast → DTrejo]

The main reason for using Faye is probably the fact that it can run on Node.JS or Rack. This example is running Node.JS, but where Faye really excels is in a Rack environment - adding asynchronous functionality to Rails/Sinatra without needing an extra server running Node.

[igorgue → asymptotic]

Talking about "doing anything constructive with your free time" while listing all Node.JS chat apps here.

[kaerast → igorgue]

I wonder just how many hours have been wasted today by people chatting on this. I'd have added metrics if I wanted to do anything other than show a minimal working example of Faye/NodeJS with source code.

[mrchess → asymptotic]

You're right, and I have no idea why a thread like this still makes it to the frontpage. It is unfortunate that you need x karma to downvote threads because even us who have been here for a while still don't have the ability to assist with content control.

[kaerast → mrchess]

I'm guessing if I'd only submitted the source code this would have got just one or two upvotes. And it's really the source code I was wanting to share as a way of showing what you can do with Faye/NodeJS.

[robinduckett → asymptotic]

Heh I made Ragechat :D

I took it down because it was a bit of a time sink, but I am going to put it back up at some point (because everyone loves rage faces :D)

[erik_p → robinduckett]

please do.

[malvim → asymptotic]

Heh, you know what, this was not a very nice comment on your part, but I'm bookmarking it right now for when I want to learn more about nodejs.

Thanks for the resource list! :)

[asymptotic → malvim]

You're welcome! I'm always glad to help.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=node.js+chat+site%3Aycombinator.com

[jamesu]

Is it just me, or is Webchat in node.js the new "Hello World"?

[pwr]

xss anyone

[robinduckett → pwr]

lol, yeah, he updated the code to filter out <script> tags and his RegEx is wrong and now won't allow any messages to come through.

[kaerast → robinduckett]

yeah, I rather stupidly didn't think to add any XSS protection initially because this was a simple tech demo. And yes, I managed to balls up the regex for a while.

It's working nicely again now.