Node.js simple chat application > Node.js javascript

Following this nice tutorial (I'm a naive myself with node.js), I ended up having some problem due to the changes beetween express 2.x and express 3.x. I won't go into details, you can find anything you need to know in the previously linked article, here the modified and working code for current express, socket.io and jade implementation.

server.js

var http = require('http');
var express = require('express'); //package che ci semplifica la parte server-side
var app = express(); //this is different from old method .createServer(), it returns a javascript function
var jade = require('jade'); //tamplate gestore
var io = require('socket.io');
var server = http.createServer(app);

io = io.listen(server); //this return the new object we want to listen to 
server.listen(3000);

app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.set("view options", {layout: false});


app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public')); //no need to use .configure

app.get('/', function(req, res){
 res.render('home.jade');
});
//app.listen(3000); //express ascolterà questa porta

//connection even lanciato quando un client prova a collegarsi al server
//socket.io crea una nuova socket (utilizzata poi per scambiare messaggi)
io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket){
 
 socket.on('setPseudo', function(data){
  socket.set('pseudo', data); //il nickname? lo pseudonimo per quella socket?
 });
 
 socket.on('message', function (message) {
    socket.get('pseudo', function (error, name) {
        var data = { 'message' : message, pseudo : name };
        socket.broadcast.emit('message', data);
        console.log("user " + name + " send this : " + message);
    })
});
 
});

//The nice thing about Socket.io is that we don't have to worry about handling client disconnections.
//When it disconnects, Socket.io will no longer receive responses to "heartbeat" messages
//and will deactivate the session associated with the client.
//If it was just a temporary disconnection, the client will reconnect and continue with the session.

 

Also in home.jade, the doctype 5 line is deprecated, use doctype html instead.
If you wish to know more about node.js, please read the referred article by Guillaume Besson.