node-mobwrite

This is a node port of google-mobwrite, which enables live collaborative editing of text (e.g. in forms).

Getting Started

1. Ensure you have the system requirements:
   • node 0.6+
   • Python 2.5+
2. Install via npm: npm install mobwrite
3. Start up a demo server: node -e "require('mobwrite').quickserve()
4. Visit http://localhost:8000 in two browser windows
5. Type text in one browser window, and see it show up in the other window :)

Building Your Own App

Take a look at "examples/form-editor" for an idea of how to build your own app. You can use the mobwrite module as middleware for any Connect or ExpressJS app.

Developing

If google-mobwrite changes, you can update the internal copy by re-exporting the SVN repository:

rm -rf ext/google-mobwrite
svn export http://google-mobwrite.googlecode.com/svn/trunk ext/google-mobwrite

Wishlist

• socket.io gateway (cleaner, less polling)
• configuration handling for mobwrite daemon (right now it uses baked-in configs)