/server-sent-events-demo

Server Sent Events Demo for San Diego JS Meetup using Node, HTML, JavaScript, CSS.

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Server Sent Events Demo

A small Server Sent Events demo for San Diego JS Meetup using Node, HTML, JavaScript, CSS. I also wrote a post on my website about this topic wihich includes a video of me presenting about it at the Meetup.

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Slides can be found here.

Running this Project

The following instructions assume Mac OS / Linux system with Python installed (to provide a simple web server).

Get the Code using a Terminal Window

$ git clone https://github.com/simonprickett/server-sent-events-demo.git
$ cd server-sent-events-demo

Start the Server in a Terminal Window

$ cd src/server
$ npm install
$ npm start

Start the Client in another Terminal Window

$ cd src/client
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer

or...

$ cd src/client
$ python3 -m http.server

Then point a browser at http://localhost:8000/.

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