Posted by willvincent on February 8, 2012 at 7:25pm
I've just completed a three part tutorial blog series on building a custom Node.js powered real-time chat module for Drupal 7.
If you're curious about Node.js, building a chat system is a good way to get your feet wet.
Part 1 - Writing the basic Drupal integration code.
Part 2 - Creating the Node.js server, and connecting to it from the client side.
Part 3 - Enhancing the basic chat system to including linkification of urls, time stamping, and a basic chat log.
I would love to hear any feedback. Enjoy!