Framework for setting up a cluster of web socket servers. Each server runs one Dealer instance, which tracks connected clients, and channel subscribers.

Since connections can go to any web socket server, you can use redis to push channel messages to all the socket servers. Each socket server sends them to any applicable subscribers, or ignores them.

See the /example dir for a server-side and client-side demo using redis.

Demo screencast: http://screenr.com/ctM

// first, we need ncr/node.ws.js for the web socket server stuff
$ git clone git://github.com/ncr/node.ws.js.git
// symlink ws.js to your node load path
$ ln -s /path/to/node.ws.js/ws.js ~/.node_libraries

// next, clone technoweenie/dealer.js
$ git clone git://github.com/technoweenie/dealer.js.git
// symlink lib to your node load path
$ ln -s /path/to/dealer.js/lib ~/.node_libraries/dealer

// now use it!
var dealer = require('dealer')

• some sort of authentication/authorization for channels
• Socket.IO?
• kiwi or other node packaging system
• sweet frontend that supports web sockets OR flash
• frontend that attempts to reconnect after failures

• Fork the project.
• Make your feature addition or bug fix.
• Commit, do not mess with version or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
• Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

Copyright (c) 2010 rick. See LICENSE for details.