Should I use node.js + express or Rails + Juggernaut to build a chat room?

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I'm trying to build a chatroom in the conventional sense to operate in the browser but with a decent API layer allowing for decent abstraction between the server and the client.

I want to keep it SIMPLE, but still have room to develop extra functionality going forwards, such as saving transcripts in the database.

did you add a look at the examples of the server side of socket.io http://socket.io/#how-to-use — hellvinz, Sep 14 '11 at 10:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '11 at 11:25

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You can use faye.

https://github.com/jcoglan/faye

There is also a Railscast for this http://railscasts.com/episodes/260-messaging-with-faye

answered Sep 14 '11 at 11:25

rangalo

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '11 at 11:27

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You could consider leveraging Faye which is built on top of Node.js and I believe has WebSockets support too. Possibly route all transcripts with Redis storage.

answered Sep 14 '11 at 11:27

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Should I use node.js + express or Rails + Juggernaut to build a chat room?

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