Welcome

Basic TCP server and client written in JS / Node. There are no dependencies.

This was written to just play around with the net TCP functions of Node native, nothing more.

Node native modules use:

• net
• readline

Features

• Server
  • Configurable MOTD broadcasted on joining
  • Keeps a running list of connected clients
  • Public messages are broadcast to all connected clients
  • Every 3 seconds we play a game of ping pong where the server sends 'ping' and all clients respond with 'pong'
  • Several different types of messages classes:
    • Server, PingPong, Private, Public
  • Support for up to 999 characters per message
    • Longer messages are broadcast but truncated down with '...' appended
  • Messaging format is easily expandable:
    • Each payload consists of an array of messages
    • Each member of the array is formatted as [LEN][STR]
      • LEN is the length of the string in front of it
    • Each payload is prepended with the message type in the above format
    • Example payload: 007.SRVMSG012Hello, World015Another message
• Client
  • On disconnect automatically reconnect in 3 seconds
  • All public messages are prepended with '> Room: '