Orbited provides a pure JavaScript/HTML socket in the browser. It is a web router and firewall that allows you to integrate web applications with arbitrary back-end systems. You can implement any network protocol in the browser—without resorting to plugins.
All the awesomeness of Orbited.
Packed neatly into your Ruby workflow.
Hold up slice!
Haven't you heard? Orbited switched gears and is working on the 0.8 server.
Which includes this awesome awesome thing: Comet Session Protocol
http://orbited.org/blog/files/csp.html
This server has been replaced! What we have here is a CSP server written for rack.
CSP is the substrate upon which RubyOrbited shall be built. Here's an example CSP app in Ruby:
# examples/echoserver.ru
require '../lib/csp'
class EchoSession < CSP::Session
alias receive_data send_data
end
echo_app = CSP::Application.new(EchoSession, "/echo")
echo_app.mount(self)
Want to give it a try? You have to have thin installed. As recent a version as you can manage. I'm on 1.2.5.
rackup -E none -s thin examples/echoserver.ru
Then browse to
http://localhost:9292/echo/static/echotest.html
Alternatively, try:
rackup -E none -s thin examples/env.ru
Then browse to
http://localhost:9292/echo/static/env.html
Want to write your own? Just subclass CSP::Session.
class MySessionClass < CSP::Session
# And override these methods.
def post_init; end
def receive_data(data); end
def unbind; end
end
And look into lib/static/echotest.html to get started with jsio on the client side.