Forgot to mention that I have been doing a lot of reading on the concept of MEAN stacks lately, and the more I read, the more I think that MEAN is overly cumbersome / complex for a task this simple. I can see it working well for a large CMS like app,but for small ish projects I feel it is far too complex.
On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 7:33 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > John, I do not know if it's needed, necessary or most efficient for my own > project. Basically I'm writing ( in my spare time ) a client side alarm / > mp3 player app that gets served music files through Node.js to the client. > > This includes but is not limited to a playlist or listing of music > available on the server. Methods to play, randomize, loop through, or > otherwise order music. A clock feature with an alarm clock, that has the > ability to set an alarm by a set amount of time, or set a specific time to > go off. And whatever else I can dream up. > > For me right now on this project it seems that socket.io makes the most > sense. I can iterate through a directory, and feed the client a list of > files, semi dynamically provide links, and tags to the client. Then the > client can provide additional grunt work by getting file stats through > using the html5 audio tag( using javascript ). This keeps me from having to > install additional libs / tools like ffmpeg on the server side while > keeping things as simple( and clear ) as possible. > > I am also reading up on Mosquitto / MQTT for this( less so for this but a > consideration ), and other purposes. > > Anyway, my only real goal is to learn. Learning about new technology( to > me ) and using it is part of that. > > > > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 6:41 PM, John Syn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> From: William Hermans <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, July 4, 2014 at 9:11 AM >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Re: Having trouble with basic node.js server >> >> Great! >> >> Yesterday I mentioned MEAN, but that really isnt possible on the BBB yet. >> I did some research, and apparently MongoDB still doesnt work well on ARM. >> It's been a year since i last checked . . . Their excuse is that memory >> mapped "documents" wont work well on embedded devices, which is of course a >> load of bull. Matter of fact it makes more sense on an embedded device than >> anything else. >> >> Use Redis nosql database which is lightning fast and scales really well. >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> >> >> The good news is that Angularjs Express, and socket.io will all work >> fine to achieve the same goal. >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Gary White <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks William! >>> >>> I loaded express and was able to get the basic web server working. Much >>> simpler code as well. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gary >>> >>> var express = require('express'); >>> var app = express(); >>> >>> app.get('/', function(req, res){ >>> res.send('Hello World'); >>> }); >>> >>> app.get('/socket.html', function(req, res){ >>> res.sendfile('/var/lib/cloud9/socket.html'); >>> }); >>> >>> >>> var server = app.listen(8000, function() { >>> console.log('Listening on port %d', server.address().port); >>> }); >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
