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This is the 3rd post in a multi-part tutorial series on Socket.io. See Part 2 here. In today’s portion of the tutorial, I’ll be explaining the server side (NodeJS) code in a bit more verbosity than the comments. A fair portion of this will simply be explaining the “why” of each section of code. Additionally,…
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IMG_7804 Date Line: 2015-06-23 It has only been a few weeks since our last visit to the garden, but it was time for an important upgrade. Tomatoes are a type of shrub and while they grow upwards a good bit, they also REALLY like to grow outwards. If you want to get the most out…
This is the 2nd post in a multi-part tutorial series on Socket.io. See Part 1 here. As with all things in life, code is in a constant state of change. Eventually, this tutorial series will be improved, but so that we can all stay on the same page, let’s start with the same version of…
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1 One of the technology things that excites me the most is the use of Websockets to help power the “Real Time Web“. When you use a modern browser and use a web based chat system (like IRCCloud), it very likely uses websockets. Twitter feed constantly updating? Websockets. Facebook feed growing as you waste the…
2015-07-15 13_10_45-Amazon.com_ Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & m In case you live under a rock and haven’t already heard, today is Amazon’s first (and possibly annual) “Prime Day” where they, like all great retailers, celebrate by selling things. Supposedly it’s going to be bigger and better and more awesome than Black…
Dateline: 2015-06-07 Basil has been doing decently Since we left [the garden][1] about 6 weeks ago, the growth has been solid. The basil has been coming along decently and a number of the “kit” veggies have started to sprout. We’ve even had some great successes on the Tomato front, including the import of ~10 more…