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Posted by mrbrutus
mrbrutus
8,047 Points

Creating a Private Messaging System

I would like to create a private messaging system for a web app, but I don't know where to start.

Does anyone have any suggestions, or a tutorial on how to get started?

2 Answers

John Moya
John Moya
17,963 Points
John Moya
John Moya
17,963 Points

http://socket.io/

mrbrutus
mrbrutus
8,047 Points

Hmm. This is for a real-time chat application, but not for a private messaging system.

John Moya
John Moya
17,963 Points
John Moya
John Moya
17,963 Points

save each socket somewhere and then send a message to it