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Installation Instructions.

Install Twister

You can visit their website for instructions ¹

Install Orbited

You can visit their website for the latest² instructions

• Download ez_setup.py
• python ez_setup.py setuptools
• easy_install orbited
• If you will use an external stomp server, download the orbited.cfg

Install stomp

• gem install stomp

Install plugin

• cd YOUR_APP && script/plugin install git://github.com/mallio/orbited

Deployment Instructions

• cd YOUR_APP && script/sever
• /usr/local/bin/orbited —config=config/orbited.cfg
• If you chose to use an external stomp server, start the external stomp server

Source code

Controller

class MyController < ApplicationController
  def add_line
    data = render_to_string :update do |page|
      page["#chat-window"].append params[:entry]
    end
    Orbited.send_data('hello', data) #TODO test if this works
  end
end

View
Assuming you use JQuery.
form_remote_tag #TODO replace with JQuery code

content_for(:head){

<%= orbited_javascript >

<= stomp_connect(‘hello’, :onerror => ‘errorHandler’, :onclose => ‘function(){alert(“closed!”)}’, :js => ‘jquery’) %>

}

<%- form_remote_tag :url => {:controller => ‘participants’, :action => :add_line}, :method => :put do >
<= text_field_tag ‘entry’ >
<= submit_tag (‘Say’) >
< end -%>

routes.rb

map.resources :MyController, :collection => { :add_line => :put}

Resources:

¹ Twisted
fn2. Orbited Installation Instructions