For those Python developers who want to try socket.io, there's an implementation of server part of socket.io in Python: http://www.gelens.org/code/gevent-websocket/

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this just websockets, not the whole of Socket.IO (i.e. fallbacks for non-supporting browsers)?

There is also: http://github.com/SocketTornadIO/SocketTornad.IO which is a port of Socket.IO that runs on Tornado.

Indeed, sorry. Here's the correct link: http://bitbucket.org/Jeffrey/gevent-socketio (by the same guy)

Impressive list of improvements. Can't wait to update.

Socket.IO has really impressed me in the past month. That said, some of the documentation is tricky (IMHO) with things like gotchas in the absolute/relative paths, special cases for working within Node.js, etc. If anyone else here is using this new Socket with Node, I'd be interested in comparing notes-- PM me.

One of the goals of this release was to make it as easy as possible to get started.

1) One line to install

npm install socket.io

2) Three lines two use on the server

var io = require('socket.io');

var socket = io.listen(yourHttpServerInstance);

socket.on('connection', function(conn){ conn.on('message', function(msg){ console.log('message from client', msg); }); }

3) Three lines to use on the client

<script src="/socket.io/socket.js"></script> <!-- assuming node serves the HTML too -->

var socket = new io.Socket().connect();

socket.send('my message!');

Rauchg: I'm sorry I didn't check back in with the changes I suggested (using a filtering function in listener.broadcast as a complement to an array with exceptions).

I have the implementation down but I'm struggling with the tests. I wanted to create tests for all means of calling with exceptions, and I think I have the other ones down.

I'll ping you when I get it fixed, promise!

Edit: Thanks again for your work, Socket.IO is really great!

this library is what i am looking for to implement my project. great news. Thanks

It feels like programming with websockets, except that it works with every browser that people are likely to use. Socket.io is wonderful.