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

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaJbc7s1ROg

Tutorial Blog Post on PubNub Blog

• Node.js WebSocket Programming Examples | 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 already
• node 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 and pubnub-client2.js
• Open 2 command line windows
• npm install if you haven't already
• node pubnub-client1.js
• In the other window...
• node pubnub-client2.js

Sign up for a free PubNub Account