perfectmak / who-is-typing-pusher

Tutorial to implement who is typing feature.

Who is typing feature with Pusher

This application demonstrates how to integrate Pusher with a JavaScript application to implement a who is typing feature. It is accompanied by a tutorial that can be found here.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

In order to run this application successfully on your local machine, you need to have Node.js installed. Head over to https://nodejs.org/en/download/ to download and install Node.js for your version of operating system.

Setup Instructions

To get this project up and running on your local machine for development and testing, please follow the following instructions:

1. Create an app on Pusher and copy your app's id, key, and secret.
2. Clone this repository and cd into it.
3. Execute npm install to download dependencies.
4. Update server.js with your Pusher Credentials.
5. Execute node server.js to set the environment variables needed by the app with your Pusher info and start it.
6. Go to http://localhost:3000 and start playing with the app. You can open multiple tabs and type on each tab to know who is typing.

Built With

• [Node.js]((https://nodejs.org/en/download/) - Server side Javascript runtime
• Pusher - APIs to enable devs building realtime features

who-is-typing-pusher's Issues

Would be great if you can handle pre-5.0 node version